Pakistan Received $4.1 Billion in Loans in First Half of Current Fiscal Year

Lord Commander John Snow

MPA (400+ posts)
Pakistan provisionally received $4.1 billion .i.e. 51 percent of budgeted estimates of foreign assistance from multilateral and bilateral donors in [FONT=&amp]first[/FONT] half of the current financial year against $4.15 billion during the same period of last year.

The Economic Affairs Division (EAD) data revealed that the good inflow in the current financial year is mainly because of over $900 million loans taken from commercial banks and issuance of Sukuk bonds of one billion dollars. The country received $978 million in the month of December including $929.17 million loans and $48.93 million grants.

The government has budgeted foreign assistance of $7.998 billion for 2016-17 including grants and loans against $9.18 billion budgeted for 2015-16. The budgeted estimates include a significant amount of $2.005 billion from commercial banks for 2016-17.

The latest figures show that the country provisionally received $3.35 billion in loans and $172.12 million grant in the current fiscal year.

Pakistan received $847.96 million from China in the first half of the current fiscal year including $363.61 million in the month of December, surpassing the budgeted $572.3 million for the current financial year. The country has received $561 million during the same period of last year.

Heres how much Pakistan has received from various
[FONT=&amp]organizations[/FONT] and countries in this current financial year:


  • Asian Development Bank (ADB): $676.38 million which includes $474.35 million in the month of December against the budgeted estimates of $1048.2 million.
  • International Development Association (IDA): $72.27 million
  • IDB (S-Term): $212 million
  • USA: $40.52 million
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD): $127.21 million
  • UNHCR: $0.49 million
  • IDB: $30.15 million
  • Japan: $42.8 million


The government received no assistance from EU, France, Korea, Norway, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UNDP and Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the period under review.

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