Pakistan hints at more panda bonds, samurai bond debut
Pakistan plans to keep broadening its funding sources, with the government signalling it may come back to China’s panda bond market and could also tap Japan’s samurai bond market.
October 13, 2026 (MLN): Pakistan plans to keep broadening its funding sources, with the government signalling it may come back to China’s panda bond market and could also tap Japan’s samurai bond market. The government does not want to raise the overall size of its external debt, and the recent panda bond will not be a one-off, as Islamabad intends to return as a repeat issuer. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb ma...