Pakistan's forex reserves increase 17 mln USD

ISLAMABAD, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said Thursday that its foreign exchange reserves had increased by 17 million U.S. dollars.

During the week ending on March 8, the total foreign exchange reserves of the bank moved to around 7.9 billion dollars, the SBP said in a statement.

Net foreign reserves held by commercial banks came at around 5.2 billion dollars, the central bank said