Pakistan’s external debt servicing hits near $6bn in 1QFY27

Pakistan paid $5.63bn in external debt service during the July-September quarter of FY27, with principal repayments making up $4.53bn and interest accounting for $1.10bn. Mettis Global, citing State Bank data, said the provisional total was equivalent to about 26% of the $21.59bn paid across FY26.

Public debt represented $3.67bn of the quarter’s outflow, including $3.31bn for government obligations and $353mn for the IMF. Bank borrowings required $1.42bn, while public sector enterprises paid $181mn and private borrowers $359mn. For FY26, revised data put total external debt service at $21.59bn, comprising $16.59bn in principal and $5.01bn in interest.