Latest World News: Pakistan to repay $2.44 billion in external debt in July
Pakistan’s crippling economy is sitting on a huge pile of debts owed to international organizations and countries like China. For the month of July, Pakistan’s external debt service obligations amount to $2.44 billion for the month of July 2023. The debt also includes $2.44 billion for the month of July 2023 owed to China, ANI reports quoting NEWs International.
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Additionally, another $1 billion secure deposit from China is also due. This means that Pakistan and China are currently working on refinancing around $3 billion of bilateral debt in the current month.
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Not just China, the Islamic nation must also repay Saudi Arabia’s debt. Pakistan is due to repay the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia about $195 million from the current month, the news agency reported citing The News International. The country must repay Beijing about $363 million in guaranteed bilateral loans, including principal and mark-up payments.
The amount to be reimbursed to France by Pakistan is 2.85 million dollars to Jaoan, it is 4.57 million dollars.
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In a category of guaranteed bilateral loans, Pakistan is to repay China $402 million in principal and mark up in the current month, The News International reported.
Pakistan is also to separately pay a fine of $4 million in the current month of the 2023-24 financial year. With this, the total bilateral payment due in July 2023 amounts to $513.32 million in the current month.
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Pakistan is due to pay interest on the Eurobond account to the tune of $40 million in the current month. With this, Pakistan is due to repay $9 million to commercial banks in the current month due to repayment obligations. The total refund will be made in the form of secure Chinese deposits. The amount is $1 billion.
Pakistan’s repayment to the IMF
Apart from repaying debt amounts to various countries, Pakistan has to repay outstanding loans of $189.67 million to the IMF, including the principal amount of $165.02 million and a mark-up of $24.65 million.
To the Asian Development Bank, the country must repay an outstanding loan of $56.9 million, the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) repayment of $72.06 million and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) of $8.82 million and some minor repayments to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and other donors. The total repayment to multilateral creditors in July stands at $149.41 million, The News International.ade reported.
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Updated: July 22, 2023, 3:39 PM IST
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