Pakistan has borrowed Rs. Twenty-three trillion to meet the total public expenditure of Rs. Seventy-two trillion during the last ten years. The governments, including PPP, PML-N, and PTI, obtained Rs. 16.922 trillion from domestic sources and Rs. 6.021 trillion from external sources.
The government borrowed Rs 1,584 billion from domestic sources and Rs 982 billion from external resources to bridge the budget deficit. The government earned Rs. Five thousand eight hundred seventy-four billion and spent Rs—8,440 billion during the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
The budget deficit was recorded at Rs 3,403 billion during 2020–21. The PTI government earned Rs 6.9 trillion, spent Rs 10.3 trillion, and borrowed Rs. Two thousand sixty-five billion from domestic and external sources to meet its expenses.
The government borrowed Rs. One thousand four hundred seventy-five billion in domestic and Rs 785 billion in foreign loans. The ex-PML-N government concluded its last fiscal year with an Rs. Two thousand two hundred sixty billion budget deficit due to total revenue of Rs. Five thousand two hundred twenty-eight billion and an expenditure of £7,488 billion.
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced a budget deficit of Rs. One thousand three hundred forty-nine billion for the fiscal year 2015-16. The government obtained Rs. Nine hundred seventy-nine billion from domestic resources and Rs. Three hundred seventy billion from external resources during the year.
Note: The PML-N government borrowed Rs 1,457 billion to bridge the budget deficit due to a total income of Rs. Three thousand nine hundred thirty-one billion and Rs 5,387 billion in 2014-15. Domestic debt piled up by Rs. 1,276 billion, and foreign loans surged by Rs 181 billion.
The PML-N government borrowed Rs. One thousand three hundred eighty-nine billion to bridge the budget deficit. It had collected Rs. Three thousand six hundred thirty-seven billion and spent Rs. Five thousand twenty-six billion during 2013-14. The Finance Ministry obtained Rs. Eight hundred seventy-seven billion from domestic and Rs. Five hundred twelve billion from foreign resources.
PTI
| Fiscal Year (FY) | Revenue (Billion) | Total Expenditure | Deficit | Domestic Loans | External Loans |
| 2021-22 | Rs 5,874 | Rs 8,440 | Rs 2,566 | Rs 1,584 | Rs 982 |
| 2020-21 | Rs 6,903 | Rs 10,307 | Rs 3,403 | Rs 2,065 | Rs 1,338 |
| 2019-20 | Rs 6,272 | Rs 9,648 | Rs 3,376 | Rs 2,481 | Rs 895 |
| 2018-19 | Rs 4,901 | Rs 8,345 | Rs 3,445 | Rs 3,028 | Rs 417 |
| Total | Rs 23,950 | Rs 36,740 | Rs 12,790 | Rs 9,158 | Rs 3,632 |
PML-N
| Fiscal Year (FY) | Revenue (Billion) | Total Expenditure | Deficit | Domestic Loans | External Loans |
| 2017-18 | Rs 5,228 | Rs 7,488 | Rs 2,260 | Rs 1,475 | Rs 785 |
| 2016-17 | Rs 4,937 | Rs 6,800 | Rs 1,864 | Rs 1,322 | Rs 542 |
| 2015-16 | Rs 4,447 | Rs 5,796 | Rs 1,349 | Rs 979 | Rs 370 |
| 2014-15 | Rs 3,931 | Rs 5,387 | Rs 1,457 | Rs 1,276 | Rs 181 |
| 2013-14 | Rs 3,637 | Rs 5,026 | Rs 1,389 | Rs 877 | Rs 512 |
| Total | Rs 22,180 | Rs 30,497 | Rs 8,319 | Rs 5,929 | Rs 2,390 |
PPP
| Fiscal Year (FY) | Revenue (Billion) | Total Expenditure | Deficit | Domestic Loans | External Loans |
| 2012-13 | Rs 2,982 | Rs 4,816 | Rs 1,834 | Rs 1,835.5 | -1.7 |
| 10-Year Total | Rs 49,112 | Rs 72,053 | Rs 22,943 | Rs 16,922 | Rs 6,021 |