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State Bank of Pakistan’s foreign reserves surge by $12 million

Pakistan’s liquid foreign reserves stood at $19,612.2 million.

Pakistan’s liquid foreign reserves stood at $19,612.2 million as of December 5, 2025.

According to the data shared by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday, foreign reserves held by the central bank stood at $14,586.5 million. Net foreign reserves held by commercial banks stood at $5,025.7 million as of December 5, 2025.

During the week ending December 5, 2025, the State Bank of Pakistan’s foreign reserves rose by $12 million, reaching $14,586.5 million. The SBP also received SDR 914 million, equal to about $1.2 billion, from the IMF under the EFF and RSF programs, which will be added to the reserves for the week ending December 12, 2025.

For the week ending November 28, 2025, reserves increased by $14 million to $14,574.8 million. A week before that, reserves rose by $9 million to $14,560.7 million. Earlier, reserves went up by $27 million to $14,551.5 million, and before that, they increased by $22 million to $14,524.6 million. The week before that, reserves were up by $31 million to $14,502.8 million. Prior to that, they increased by $16 million to $14,471.6 million, then by $14 million to $14,455.2 million, and a week earlier by $21 million to $14,440.8 million. Before that week, reserves rose by $20 million to $14,420.1 million, then by $21 million to $14,400.4 million, and earlier by $22 million to $14,379.5 million.

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In the week ending September 12, 2025, the central bank’s reserves increased by $21 million to $14,357.2 million. Before that, they rose by $34 million to $14,336.3 million, and earlier by $28 million to $14,302.5 million. A week earlier, reserves grew by $18 million to $14,274.3 million. Before that, they increased by $13 million to $14,256.2 million, then by $11 million to $14,243.2 million. The week before that, reserves fell by $72 million to $14,231.9 million.

During the week ending July 25, reserves dropped by $153 million to $14,303.9 million, and a week earlier they fell by $69 million to $14,456.6 million. Two weeks earlier, reserves rose by $23 million to $14,525.6 million. Three weeks earlier, they increased sharply by $1,774 million to $14,502.2 million because of official inflows. Before that, reserves had risen by $3,663 million to $12,727.8 million due to multilateral and commercial loans received by the government.

For the week ending June 20, 2025, reserves decreased by $2,657 million to $9,064.5 million because of external debt repayments, mainly commercial loans. A week earlier, reserves had increased by $46 million to $11,721.9 million, and two weeks earlier they had risen by $167 million to $11,675.6 million.

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