Q1 foreign assistance up YoY

By ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received a total of USD5.445 billion on account of foreign economic assistance during first quarter July-September of the current financial year, reflecting a three-time increase as compared to USD1.815 billion received during the same period of the FY 2025-26. According to data released by the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) here on Tuesday, the government's external borrowing rose by USD 3.63 billion during July-September, compared with USD 1.81 billion borrowed during the first quarter of the previous fiscal year, highlighting an increased reliance on foreign financing. The multilateral, bilateral loans and grants in September 2026 remained USD952.26 million against USD626.19 million received in the previous month. In September, Pakistan received just 0.03 million from China while in previous month China didn't provide any grant, however in July, China has provided an amount of USD 146.62 million loan. READ ALSO: Jul-Apr foreign assistance inflows soar 67.7pc to USD11.068bn YoY According to the EAD, of the total amount, USD4.2 billion has been for budgetary support, an amount of USD111.63 million has been delivered as programme loan and USD238.44 million short term IsBD loan. Of the total foreign economic assistance of USD5.445 billion, an amount of USD4.541 billion received on account of non-Project loan and an amount of USD 907.71 million received as project loan. According to data, in July-September 2026 the country has received a total amount of USD 58.10 million dollars on account of bilateral loans and grants, of which USD14.69 million received from Germany, USD 20 million from France, USD12.87 million from Saudi Arabia, USD 5.02 million from Korea, USD3.15 million from Denmark, USD2.26 million from Japan and USD0.08 million from the United States. On account of multilateral loans and grants in July-September, Pakistan received a total USD 894.17 million loans and grants including an amount of USD 153.55 million from the ADB, USD 26.05 million from AIIB, USD 83,79 from IBRD, USD 359.04 million from IDA, USD28.27 from IDB, USD 238.44 million from IDB (ST), an amount of USD 3.87 million from IFAD and an amount of USD 1.15 million from the OPEC-Fund. Copyright Business Recorder, 2026