Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves increase by 13 mln USD

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by 13 million U.S. dollars during the past week, the central bank said on Thursday.

During the week ending Dec. 26, the central bank's foreign exchange reserves stood at 15.9 billion dollars, the SBP said in a statement.

Net foreign exchange reserves held by commercial banks were recorded at 5.1 billion d