Pakistan's federal government debt has climbed to a staggering Rs82 trillion and is growing by roughly Rs16 billion every single day. According to recent SBP figures, Pakistan's public debt increased by 7.8% over the past year, outpacing average inflation and dwarfing economic growth. Even more alarming, short-term external debt skyrocketed thirteenfold in just one year, going from Rs201 billion to Rs2.7 trillion.

While the total debt figure is due to the collective failure of all of our governments,........

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