India, July 23 -- Pakistan was able to get $9 billion in roll-overs from two of its closest allies, Saudi Arabia and China, adding up to the total of $ 27 billion foreign loans in the last fiscal year, a Government report has said.

Pakistan's reliance on foreign loans to stabilise the economy grew in the last fiscal year 2025/26, with around $27 billion recorded in foreign loans, up from the foreign loans of approximately $26 billion in the fiscal year 2024/25, the provisional foreign economic assistance report by the Ministry of Economic Affairs has said.

The report shows that the $27 billion includes fresh loans of $16 billion, including a fresh loan of $3 billion from Saudi Arabia in deposits, besides extending the $5 billion facilit...