According to SBP weekly statement here on Thursday, the foreign reserves held by State Bank on Dec. 5, amounted dollars 9.20301 billion and the net foreign reserves held by other banks figured dollars 4.71903 billion.
During the week ending Dec. 05, 2014, SBP's liquid foreign reserves increased by dollars 981 million to $ 9.203 billion compared to $ 8.222 billion in the previous week.
Over the week, SBP received $ 1 billion against issuance of Pakistan Sukuk Bonds and $ 41 million from multilateral, bilateral and other sources.
During the week SBP made payments of $ 83 million on account of external debt servicing and other official payments.