KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $71 million during the week ended on May 9.

With this increase, the SBP’s reserves reached $10.4 billion while the country’s total was $15.613bn, including $5.2bn of the commercial banks.

“On May 13, the SBP received the second tranche of SDR 760 million ($1,023 million) from the IMF under the EFF programme. The inflow will be reflected in SBP’s foreign exchange reserves for the week ending May 16,” said the SBP.

Published in Dawn, May 16th, 2025

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