Govt borrows Rs571bn debt in a week

Pakistan’s government borrowed a net Rs571.36 billion in the week ending October 30, 2026, while its cumulative net retirement for fiscal year 2027 stood at Rs2.13 trillion, Mettis Global reported, citing the central bank’s weekly estimates. Budgetary support accounted for Rs568.72bn of the week’s borrowing, with Rs2.68bn taken for commodity operations and Rs40m retired under other purposes.

For the fiscal year to date, the government had retired Rs2.11 trillion in budgetary support borrowing, Rs14.93bn in commodity operations and Rs1.26bn under other purposes. The central bank and scheduled banks are the main financing sources for budgetary support: the government repaid a net Rs323.65bn to the central bank and retired Rs1.79tr from scheduled banks. Within those totals, the Federal Government retired Rs755.63bn from the central bank and Rs1.85tr from scheduled banks, while provincial governments borrowed Rs455.27bn and Rs60.57bn from those sources, respectively.