Giving a break-up of the foreign reserves position a statement of Central Bank issued on Friday said that Foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan stood at US $ 9,188.0 million while the net foreign reserves held by banks were US $ 5,076.1 million on August 8, 2014.
During the week ending August 8, 2014, SBP's Liquid FX Reserves decreased by US $ 89 million to US $ 9,188 million compared to US $ 9,277 million in the previous week.
The decrease in SBP reserves is mainly attributed to payments of US $80 million on account of external debt servicing.
SBP did not receive any significant inflows during this week, the statement said.