Pakistan’s bonds dive as tensions rise with India

A dealer counts US dollars at a money exchange market in Karachi on January 27, 2023. (AFP/File)
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Updated 24 April 2025
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Pakistan’s bonds dive as tensions rise with India

  • The 2036 maturity fell the most, shedding over 4 cents to be bid at 74 cents on the dollar
  • Tensions escalate with India following worst attack on civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir in years

LONDON: Pakistan’s dollar-denominated government bonds dropped more than 4 cents on Thursday, Tradeweb data showed, as tensions with neighboring India escalated.

The 2036 maturity fell the most, shedding over 4 cents to be bid at 74 cents on the dollar.

Gunmen on Tuesday killed 26 people in Indian Kashmir, the worst attack on civilians in the country in nearly two decades.

Indian police on Thursday said two of the three suspected militants “involved in” the attack were Pakistani nationals, and the country suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, a move Pakistan called an act of “water warfare.”