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In a tweet on Wednesday, he said, "This is testament to the fact investments are still coming into the country in spite of very difficult conditions."
He maintained, "We expect this trend to continue."
Foreign companies continued to inject fresh investment into ongoing projects in different sectors of Pakistan’s economy like telecommunication, power, and chemical despite the global economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.
Pakistan's FDI rose 32 percent to $133.2 million in April 2020 as compared to $100.8 million in the same month of the previous year, as per the State Bank of Pakistan.
In the first 10 months, from July to April, of the current fiscal year, foreign firms injected FDI worth $2.28 billion, which is more than double the investment of around $1 billion in the same period of the previous year, according to the SBP.