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The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published August 29, 2025

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KARACHI: The State Bank’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $18 million to $19.617 billion in the week ended Aug 22.

Commercial banks’ net holdings stood at $5.343bn.

During FY25, the SBP purchased $7.8bn from the interbank market to shore up reserves.

Published in Dawn, August 29th, 2025

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