Apna Ghar Programme: Rs511bn for 86,896 applications

A finance ministry access-to-finance panel also tracked SME, farm and electric-vehicle lending, as Senator Aurangzeb pressed for faster disbursements.

86,896 Apna Ghar applications involving Rs511 billion in financing have been approved; 15,584 loans worth about Rs91 billion have been disbursed.

Outstanding SME financing stood at Rs1.148 trillion as of 23 October 2026; agriculture credit outstanding was Rs1.329 trillion for about 3.5 million borrowers.

Under Zarkhez-e, 20,176 loans worth Rs8.674 billion were approved and 6,132 collateral-free loans worth about Rs2.34 billion disbursed.

PAVE scheme: 21,918 applications (~Rs3.06bn) approved; 5,506 loans (Rs1.093bn) disbursed; 3,263 electric vehicles delivered.

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb urged faster SME and agriculture disbursements while praising housing-finance progress.

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