Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves surges $743.7 million to $15.709 billion

Pakistan’s total foreign exchange reserves surged by $743.7 million to $15,709.6 billion during a week, State Bank of Pakistan said on Thursday.

The official reserves of the SBP increased by $715.8 million to $8,838.7 billion as compared with $8.036 billion as of last week, by week ended March 15, 2019

Reserves held by commercial banks also surged by $27.9 million to $6,870.9 billion as compared with $6,779 billion preceding week.

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