Debt interest payments hit Rs490bn in first nine months
Documents submitted to the National Assembly also show $11.42 billion of foreign loans went to balance of payments and cash support, while 14 major projects are financed from abroad.
Pakistan paid Rs490bn in interest on domestic and foreign debt in the first nine months of the last fiscal year.
$11.42 billion of foreign loans went to balance of payments and cash support.
$3.09 billion was used for energy projects and $1.69 billion for flood rehabilitation.
The Ministry of Finance says 14 major projects worth $11.86 billion are being financed through external borrowing.