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Shahbaz Sharif's Debt Bomb: Pakistan PM Adds Billions, Dwarfing Bihar's Economy
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News18•21-09-2026, 15:16
Shahbaz Sharif's Debt Bomb: Pakistan PM Adds Billions, Dwarfing Bihar's Economy
- •Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has accumulated a staggering 37,307 billion rupees in new debt in just 3 years and 9 months.
- •This amount is so massive that it surpasses the entire GDP of India's Bihar state.
- •Sharif has outpaced all previous prime ministers, including Imran Khan, in debt accumulation during his tenure.
- •Documents from the State Bank of Pakistan reveal the country's total federal debt has now reached 83,883 billion rupees.
- •Pakistanis are questioning the whereabouts of these trillions of rupees amidst economic hardship and reliance on IMF bailouts.
Key Questions Answered
According to documents from the State Bank of Pakistan, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif burdened the country with a new debt of 37,307 billion rupees over a period of 3 years and 9 months.
Pakistan's total federal debt has reached a terrifying figure of 83,883 billion rupees as a result of continuous borrowing across multiple political tenures.
During a roughly equivalent 3.75-year timeframe, Imran Khan took on 18,323 billion rupees in debt, whereas Shahbaz Sharif more than doubled that amount by taking on 37,307 billion rupees.
