Pakistan’s central government debt has increased by 12 percent compared to last year to reach almost RS76.05 billion at the end of May, according to statistics published by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
In its debt bulletin issued on Friday, the SBP reported the debt of the central government at RS76.045TR, which shows an increase of more than RS8.31tr (12.3pc) in a year, when it was at RS67.73TR in May 2024.
The domestic debt stood at RS53.46tr, publishing an interannual growth of 15.9pc. The external debt was declared as almost RS22.59tr, 4.52PC higher than the same month last year.
In just one month from April to May, the central government debt grew at RS937 billion, lower than the increase of RS1.035TR registered in the same period of 2024.
Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities had remained at RS89.83TR at the end of March, according to data published by the SBP in May.
SBP data showed that Pakistan (GDP) investment bonds contributed around RS35.24tr to public debt, which increased from RS27.70tr in May 2024, compared to RS8.04TR for market treasure invoices, which have decreased from RS9.44TR last year.
The SBP data at the beginning of this year showed that the long -term contribution of GDPs to the central government debt had increased compared to short -term treasure bill.
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurengzeb said that the Government saved RS850BN through refinancing, while central government debt increased by RS5.36TR to RS52.52TR in April 2025.
In contrast, the central government debt was located at RS47.16TR in June 2024.
In the first nine months of the previous fiscal year (July 2024 to March 2025), there was an increase of RS4.8tr in the internal debt. The growth was largely driven by greater mobilization through long -term instruments, while in the short term and other components saw a decrease.
