--- title: "Pakistan's federal government debt increases by Rs18.14 trillion over two-and-a-half years" description: "Most outlets reported the rise in Pakistan’s federal government debt, highlighting the total increase of Rs18.14 trillion and the average daily rise of nearly Rs20 billion. The Nation included the government as the subject of the debt increase, while Minute Mirror attributed the data to the State Bank of Pakistan." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/15281-pakistan-s-debt-rises-by-rs18-1-trillion-under-s site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan's federal government debt increases by Rs18.14 trillion over two-and-a-half years business · updated 19 Oct 2026, 7:45 PM PKT · 19 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the rise in Pakistan’s federal government debt, highlighting the total increase of Rs18.14 trillion and the average daily rise of nearly Rs20 billion. The Nation included the government as the subject of the debt increase, while Minute Mirror attributed the data to the State Bank of Pakistan. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Minute Mirror** — [Pakistan’s debt rises by Rs18.1 trillion under S...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/pakistans-debt-rises-by-rs18-1-trillion-under-shehbaz-government-647594/) · 19 Oct 2026, 7:45 PM PKT > Pakistan’s federal government debt increased by Rs18,143 billion between March 2024 and August 2026, averaging nearly Rs20 billion per day, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) - **The Nation** — [Govt’s debt swells by Rs18.14tr in two-and-a-half years](https://www.nation.com.pk/19-Oct-2026/govt-s-debt-swells-rs18-14tr-two-and-a-half-years) · 19 Oct 2026, 12:30 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD - Federal government’s debt rose by an average of Rs20 billion per day, with a total addition of Rs18. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Federal government debt increases by Rs18.8tr in 28 months](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3567-federal-government-debt-climbs-rs18-8tr-in-28-months) · 17 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 86% related - [Pakistan’s Federal Government Debt Reaches Near-Record High in June 2026](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2925-pakistan-s-total-debt-burden-nears-record-rs84-trillion) · 12 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 84% related - [Pakistan's public debt rises to Rs86.72 trillion by June 2026](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11655-total-public-debt-mounts-to-rs86-715b-by-june) · 1 Oct 2026 · 5 outlets · 2 developments · 84% related - [Pakistan’s public debt rises 340% in a decade to Rs86.7 trillion](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12343-rising-public-debt) · 5 Oct 2026 · 5 outlets · 81% related - [Finance Ministry rejects Rs20b daily debt claim, cites lower debt-to-GDP ratio](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15314-finance-ministry-rejects-claim-of-rs20-billion-daily) · 20 Oct 2026 · 6 outlets · 80% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 19 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.