Sindh foreign loans reach $5.62bn, pace leads provinces

Finance Ministry figures put Sindh’s external borrowing at $5.616 billion by mid-2026, accounting for most of the rise across all provinces.

Sindh’s external loans grew by $1.839 billion between June 2024 and June 2026, about 49%.

That was the sharpest provincial increase; Punjab still holds the biggest stock at $6.402 billion.

All provinces together owed $15.63 billion abroad by June 2026, up $2.821 billion in two years.

Sindh drove roughly two-thirds of the combined rise and now holds about 36% of provincial foreign debt.

Azad Jammu and Kashmir was the only unit to reduce its foreign loans over the period.

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