{"id":500217,"date":"2025-09-01T01:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=500217"},"modified":"2025-09-01T01:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:04:24","slug":"rs2-6tr-debt-repaid-ahead-of-schedule-schehzad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/rs2-6tr-debt-repaid-ahead-of-schedule-schehzad\/","title":{"rendered":"Rs2.6tr debt repaid ahead of schedule: Schehzad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>30% of SBP debt retired before its slated maturity in 2029, says advisor to finance minister<br \/>\n Islamabad<br \/>\nPakistan has retired Rs2.6 trillion in public debt well ahead of schedule, Advisor to Finance Minister Khurram Schehzad announced on Sunday. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Schehzad revealed that around Rs1.6 trillion was paid back to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in just 59 days\u2014an achievement he termed as \u201chistoric fiscal discipline\u201d. The finance ministry, he said, repaid Rs500 billion on June 30, 2025, followed by a second repayment of Rs1,133 billion on August 29, bringing total early SBP repayments to Rs1,633 billion.<br \/>\nHe also highlighted a previous Rs1,000 billion repayment to the domestic commercial market during the first half of the fiscal year, calling it Pakistan\u2019s first-ever advanced domestic debt retirement operation.<br \/>\n\u201cIncluding both the central bank and commercial portions, the total early debt retirement in less than one year now comes to over PKR 2,600 billion \u2014 an unprecedented scale and decisive action in the country\u2019s fiscal history,\u201d the advisor stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30% of SBP debt retired before its slated maturity in 2029, says advisor to finance minister Islamabad Pakistan has retired Rs2.6 trillion in public debt well ahead of schedule, Advisor to Finance Minister Khurram Schehzad announced on Sunday. 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