External financing rises by 39% this year

Pakistan receives $1.8156b in first-quarter inflows

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan received $1.82 billion in external funding during the first quarter (July–September) of fiscal year 2025–26, reflecting a 39% increase from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Officials stated that in September 2025, external inflows declined 26.47% year-on-year but the overall funding for the July–September quarter still rose sharply. During the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year, external funding had amounted to $1.308 billion.

In September 2025, Pakistan received $436.6 million in external financing, compared to $593.9 million in September last year.

The PML-N led federal government has estimated total external financing of over $19.77 billion for the current fiscal year.

The estimate includes $9 billion in deposits from Saudi Arabia and China—comprising $5 billion from Saudi Arabia and $4 billion in SAFE deposits from China.