A document shows that the KP government obtained $275 million in loans for the combined districts.

According to recordss, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administration has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign loans for development projects in the combined tribal districts throughout the last five years.

The provincial administration obtained 275 million dollars for just two large projects between 2020 and 2025, according to the official record. These include $200 million for the KP Rural Investment and Institutional Project and $75 million for the KP Economic Corridor.

The records also reveal that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rural Accessibility Project was used to obtain an extra loan of 39,028 million Japanese yen. Once converted, the loan, which was intended to increase road connections in the combined tribal territories, is worth billions of rupees.

These are not the only borrowings, according to sources in the finance department. The province’s overall financial load was increased by the substantial foreign loans used to finance a number of other development projects in the combined districts.

Although the projects are intended to improve infrastructure and development in areas that were previously underdeveloped, officials say the growing debt has sparked worries about repayment commitments and long-term financial strain on the provincial budget.

Political and economic analysts are debating the disclosures, arguing that while sustainable development is important, it must be weighed against the province’s mounting debt. In the upcoming days, more information about project execution and financial transparency should become available.