KARACHI, Sep 17 (APP):The total liquid foreign reserves of Pakistan surged to US$ 26,791.2 million as of September 11 while the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) held reserves rose to US$ 21,389 million. Attributing the increase in SBP’s FX reserves to receipt of Pakistan Eurobond proceeds, the central bank, in its weekly statement on the position of liquid foreign reserves on Thursday, reported that SBP’s FX reserves increased by US$ …
Pakistan’s total liquid foreign reserves surge to $ 26.79 billion
KARACHI, Sep 17 (APP):The total liquid foreign reserves of Pakistan surged to US$ 26,791.2 million as of September 11 while the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) held reserves rose to US$ 21,389 million.
Attributing the increase in SBP’s FX reserves to receipt of Pakistan Eurobond proceeds, the central bank, in its weekly statement on the position of liquid foreign reserves on Thursday, reported that SBP’s FX reserves increased by
US$ 3,061 million to US$ 21,389.0 million during the week ended on Sep 11, 2026.
It is a significant increase in the SBP reserves in a second consecutive week as its reserves increased by $ 1,210 million to $ 18,328.2 million in the previous week owing to the receipt of GoP commercial loan proceeds.
Meanwhile, the foreign reserves held by commercial banks also increased by $ 14.6 million to $ 5,402.2 million during the period under review, the breakup of forex reserves depicted.
Pakistan’s total liquid foreign reserves in the previous week ended on September 04, 2026, stood $ 23,715.8 million.
Among them the State Bank of Pakistan held foreign exchange reserves of $ 18,328.2 million while commercial banks held the other $ 5,387.6 million.
