Pakistan receives $5.17 billion in foreign assistance in July–January, up 12.7%

Pakistan received $5.17 billion in foreign assistance during the first seven months of the current fiscal year, reflecting an increase of 12.77% compared with $4.58 billion in the same period last year, data released by the Economic Affairs Division showed.

The multilateral and bilateral loans and grants during January 2026 amounted to $626 million, compared with $1.47 billion recorded in December 2025.

During January, Pakistan received $104.11 million in bilateral loans and grants, including a $100 million loan from Saudi Arabia.

Multilateral inflows during the same month reached $133.33 million. The Asian Development Bank provided $56 million, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development $30.59 million, the International Development Association $28.69 million and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank $13.78 million.

For the July–January period of fiscal year 2025–26, total bilateral loans and grants amounted to $931.88 million. Of this, $33.24 million were grants while $898.64 million were loans.

Multilateral inflows during the period stood at $2.127 billion, including $33.97 million in grants and $2.092 billion in loans.

Among bilateral donors, Japan provided grants of $15.33 million, followed by China with $10.57 million, Saudi Arabia with $3.31 million and Germany with $2.79 million.

Bilateral loans during the seven-month period included $72.28 million from China, $71.15 million from Denmark, $26.73 million from France and $708.70 million from Saudi Arabia.

Multilateral grants during the period totalled $33.97 million, including $18.96 million from the IBRD, $9.86 million from the IDA, $2.72 million from the International Fund for Agricultural Development and $2.41 million from the Asian Development Bank.

Total multilateral loans reached $2.092 billion, with the Asian Development Bank providing $622.18 million and the IDA $598.22 million. Other inflows included a short-term loan of $483.78 million from the Islamic Development Bank, $240.01 million from the IBRD, $56.13 million from the Islamic Development Bank and $18.67 million from IFAD.

Pakistan also received $144.42 million from Standard Chartered Bank in London and $209.51 million from the International Monetary Fund.

Disbursements under the Naya Pakistan Certificates during the July–January period reached $1.488 billion, including $1.082 billion under the Islamic certificates and $405.64 million under conventional certificates.

Officials noted that IMF lending under the Extended Fund Facility is not included in the Economic Affairs Division data because it is recorded as balance-of-payments support on the balance sheet of the State Bank of Pakistan.