Giving the break-up of the foreign reserves position, a statement of the Central Bank issued here on Thursday said that Foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan stood at $4,808.5 million while the Net foreign reserves held by banks stood at $4,840.4 million.
The SBP said that during the week ending Mar 14,2014, the Banks's Liquid FX Reserves increased by $185 million to $4,808 million compared to $4,623 million in the previous week.
The SBP attributed the increase in the Central Bank reserves to receipts of $219 million from multilateral bilateral and other official sources.
During the week ending Mar 14,2014, total official payments were US$34 million.