PTI govt has paid $12.27bn foreign debt this year alone: Fawad Chaudhry

Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has paid $12.27bn foreign debt this year alone.

In a tweet, the minister shared the details of the foreign debts payment. He said that Pakistan has paid $12.27 billion alone in the current fiscal year of 2021-22.

Fawad Chaudhry further said that overall PTI government will pay $55bn in debt payments in the five years as compared to $27bn paid by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in its five-year-term.

Foreign debt payment this year alone is $12.27bn and about same $12.5bn in FY23

Overall In PTI 5 years total debt payments would be around $55bn vs $27bn paid by PMLN in 5 years #economy

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) December 21, 2021