Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves increase by 19 mln USD

ISLAMABAD, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said Thursday that its foreign exchange reserves had increased by 19 million U.S. dollars.

During the week ending on July 12, the total foreign exchange reserves of the bank reached around 9.4 billion dollars, the central bank said in a statement.

Net foreign reserves held by commercial banks came at around 5.3 billion dollars, it added.

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