Pakistan faces $23 billion in external debt servicing this fiscal year
Pakistan's total debt was Rs 76.01 trillion at the end of March this year, comprising domestic debt of Rs 51.52 trillion (approx USD 180 billion) and external debt of Rs 24.49 trillion (USD 87.4 billion), according to the
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The USD 87.4 billion external public debt consists of two components: government external debt and debt obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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The News reported that out of the total USD 23 billion in external debt servicing in 2025-26, there are temporary deposits of USD 12 billion by friendly countries, with the expectation of securing a rollover from them.
Temporary deposits include USD 5 billion from Saudi Arabia, USD 4 billion from China, USD 2 billion from the UAE and about USD 1 billion from Qatar.
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However, the country will still have to repay around USD 11 billion in external debt servicing to multilateral, bilateral creditors, international bondholders, and commercial lenders in the current fiscal year.
The situation can worsen if friendly countries refuse to grant rollovers on their deposits, which would make it compulsory for the government to make payments.
Some of the major payments during the current fiscal include two bond repayments of USD 1.7 billion, commercial loans of USD 2.3 billion, multilateral creditors' repayment of USD 2.8 billion from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and bilateral loans repayment of USD 1.8 billion.
It shows that, despite claims of an economic turnaround by the current government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the country is mired in local and external debts that it needs to pay annually.
Currently, the debt payment is the single largest expenditure of the annual budget. Pakistan allocated Rs8.2 trillion for domestic and external debt servicing in 2025-26, which is 46.7 per cent of the total federal budget of Rs17.573 trillion.
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