Foreign Debt

Agency affirms ‘CCC’ rating for Pakistan that reflects high funding risks

PM Shehbaz thanks KSA for extension

Pakistan scheduled to pay foreign debt, debt servicing cost of $26b in 12 months

Both finance and economic affairs ministries oppose the idea

Share of foreign currency debt increases to 36% of Pakistan’s total debt

Spends Rs2.91tr on public debt retirement in outgoing fiscal year

PTI govt will have to contract new debt, at least in its first year

Islamabad has largely exhausted $1.5b additional financing facility under currency swap arrangement with Bejing

Shah Mehmood Qureshi demands JIT report of Uzair Baloch be made public

Commercial loan to be cheaper, but risky due to exchange rate fluctuation

Debt has to be repaid as well as the interest

The real problem for our economy is not just the size of our debt but the repayments to creditors

Pakistan has taken on an additional $3 billion in foreign loans in the last four months

The government’s plan to add more debt to its stockpile seems to be never-ending

IMF’s three-year Extended Fund Facility programme seems to have added to an already mounting debt burden for Pakistan

Experts should launch debate to find plausible way out

Pakistan’s economy is showing visible signs of improvement

Currently, economic relations between countries help define the overall nature of their relationship

Disclosure on debt key to making critical decisions for macroeconomic stability

It borrowed $8.5 billion from domestic financial institutions; only $0.5b received as grants