KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves of the country figure dollars 13.52502 billion, said State Bank of Pakistan. According to SBP's weekly statement on Thursday, the foreign reserves held by State Bank on September 12, amounted to dollars 8.79505 billion and the net foreign reserves held by banks were dollars 4.72907 billion.

During the week ending Sept 12, SBP's liquid foreign reserves increased by $ 103 million to $ 8.796 billion compared to $ 8.693 billion in the previous week.

Over the period, SBP received $ 23 million from multilateral, bilateral and other sources. SBP made payments of $ 25 million on account of external debt during the week.