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Govt projects Rs3.98tr spending on public debt
Spends Rs2.91tr on public debt retirement in outgoing fiscal year
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Pakistan to pay $9.3b in external debt servicing
PTI govt will have to contract new debt, at least in its first year
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Pakistan uses Chinese trade finance to repay foreign debt
Islamabad has largely exhausted $1.5b additional financing facility under currency swap arrangement with Bejing
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PTI leader censures government for accumulation of foreign debt
Shah Mehmood Qureshi demands JIT report of Uzair Baloch be made public
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Fiscal warnings
Debt has to be repaid as well as the interest
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To repay Eurobond debt, Pakistan likely to borrow $750m from China
Commercial loan to be cheaper, but risky due to exchange rate fluctuation
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Pakistan’s debt dilemma
The real problem for our economy is not just the size of our debt but the repayments to creditors
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The debt balloon
Pakistan has taken on an additional $3 billion in foreign loans in the last four months
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Another borrowing spree for the better?
The government’s plan to add more debt to its stockpile seems to be never-ending
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Economic reforms — half-heartedly enacted
IMF’s three-year Extended Fund Facility programme seems to have added to an already mounting debt burden for Pakistan
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