Pakistan’s Central Govt Debt Nears Rs. 75 Trillion

The total public debt stock of the federal government increased by 13.4 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in April 2025 as compared to the same month last year. According to the monthly data issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the debt stock increased to Rs. 74.936 trillion in April 2025 as compared to Rs. 66.088 trillion in April 2024. On a month-on-month basis, the total public debt stock of the federal government increased by 1.7 percent compared to Rs. 73.688 billion in March 2025. The data shows that the domestic debt of the central government increased by 18.1 percent from Rs. 44.486 trillion in April 2024 to Rs. 52.523 trillion in April 2025 while it increased by 2 percent over the previous month. Out of total domestic debt, the long-term public debt increased by 25.3 percent from Rs. 35.227 trillion in April 2024 to Rs. 44.132 trillion in April 2025. The stock of short-term debt decreased by 9.1 percent from Rs. 9.166 trillion to Rs. 8.328 trillion during the last year.