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The debt burden
<p>PAKISTAN’S external debt has nearly<a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2042485"> doubled </a>in a decade — from $68.7bn in 2015 to $135.1bn in 2025 — according to a new World Bank report. Public and publicly guaranteed debt accounts for $107.1bn of the total, private debt for $17.6bn, and short-term borrowing for $10.45bn.</p> <p>China is the largest singl