{"id":18211,"date":"2026-04-20T10:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/act-curb-pakistan-national-debt-surge\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:24:22","slug":"act-curb-pakistan-national-debt-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/act-curb-pakistan-national-debt-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Act to Curb Pakistan National Debt Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chaudhry Inam Zafar<\/strong> and <strong>Hafiz Usman Abbasi<\/strong> of Awaam Pakistan have warned of an alarming escalation in Pakistan&#8217;s national debt, calling for immediate government action to stop unchecked borrowing and restore fiscal stability.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to State Bank of Pakistan documents, the party leaders said total debt rose by <strong>Rs 15,072 billion<\/strong> between March 2024 and February 2026, a surge that averages roughly <strong>Rs 21 billion per day<\/strong>. They described this rapid increase as a clear signal of mounting pressure on the country\u2019s finances and household welfare.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders highlighted that domestic obligations accounted for the bulk of the rise at <strong>Rs 14,004 billion<\/strong>, while external debt grew by <strong>Rs 1,068 billion<\/strong> during the same period. They noted that by the end of February 2024, under the caretaker administration, total debt stood at <strong>Rs 64,810 billion<\/strong>, making the recent jump unusually large in a short span.<\/p>\n<p>Awaam Pakistan warned that the continuing growth in national debt threatens long-term economic resilience and will saddle future generations with heavy repayments and limited fiscal space. The party emphasised that sustained reliance on borrowing undermines public investment and heightens risks to macroeconomic stability.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders urged the federal government to adopt practical, effective measures to reduce dependence on borrowing, including tighter expenditure control and policies to stabilise revenues, so that the national debt trajectory can be reversed and economic confidence restored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Act on Pakistan national debt after a Rs15.072 trillion rise in two years; experts urge swift policies to curb borrowing and protect the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}