Pakistan’s forex reserves fall to $8.060 bn

Published December 13, 2013
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KARACHI: Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves dropped to $8.060 billion in the week ending December 6 compared to $8.238 billion in the previous week, the central bank said.

Remittances from Pakistanis abroad rose 6.27 per cent to $5.27 billion in July-Oct, the first four months of the 2013/14 fiscal year, from $4.96 billion in the same period last year.

The fiscal year runs from July to June.

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