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Pakistan debt management and financing efforts

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Pakistan is implementing a strategy to manage its external debt by refinancing short-term obligations into longer-term commitments over the next two to three years. commitments. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has stated that the government aims to maintain the total external debt stock near $100 billion while focusing on improving repayment schedules to reduce the risks of frequent rollovers. rollover risks. To diversify financing, the government is expanding its use of instruments such as Islamic Sukuk and new rupee-denominated bonds settled in US dollars. These measures are intended to broaden For the investor pool and provide more flexible repayment periods. In a separate effort to ease immediate foreign exchange pressures, 2026-27 fiscal year, Pakistan has requested a $6.7 billion oil projected gross financing facility needs of Rs. 28.647 trillion, assuming an exchange rate of Rs. 290 per US dollar. To manage a projected fiscal deficit of Rs. 7.02 trillion, the strategy focuses on increasing medium- and long-term borrowing through instruments like Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) to reduce reliance on short-term Treasury Bills. In recent developments, the government’s Debt Management Office rejected a $490 million commercial loan from Saudi Arabia. The proposed 15-year arrangement would follow the expiration International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) because the estimated 8 percent interest rate exceeded the government’s 6 percent target. State Bank of a previous $1.2 Pakistan Governor Jameel Ahmed reported that the country has paid approximately $16 billion annual deferred payment mechanism in April. interest on foreign loans over the last four years, averaging $4 billion annually. While Saudi Arabia is currently examining total external debt stands at roughly $107 billion, the proposal, no final decision has been reached. governor noted that multilateral and bilateral lenders now account for about 80 percent of the total. The central bank aims to reduce annual foreign loan interest payments to below $3 billion next year and intends to increase foreign exchange reserves to $25 billion by June 2027.

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