Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves increase by 25 mln USD

ISLAMABAD, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said Thursday that its foreign exchange reserves had increased by 25 million U.S. dollars.

During the week ending on April 26, the total foreign exchange reserves of the bank moved to around 8 billion dollars, the SBP said in a statement.

Net foreign reserves held by commercial banks came at around 5.3 billion dollars, the central bank said.