ISLAMABAD : Loans taken out by consumers to buy vehicles saw a significant increase in July 2025, according to recent data from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
The data shows that the total amount of auto loans provided by banks in July reached 286 billion rupees. This marks a substantial 25.3% increase compared to the same month last year, when the figure was 228 billion rupees.
The growth was also evident on a month-to-month basis. Compared to June 2025, when auto loans stood at 277 billion rupees, July saw a 3.3% increase.
This surge in auto financing is part of a larger trend of growing bank lending to the private sector, which reached a total of 9,483 billion rupees in the first month of the current financial year.
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