KARACHI: Pakistan’s total foreign investment surged by 73 per cent during the first five months of the current fiscal year, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday.
The total foreign investment increased to $455.5 million during July – November 2021/2022 as compared with $263.4 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The total foreign private investment registered a growth of 1.8 per cent to $534 million during the first five months of the current fiscal year as compared with Rs525 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
Out of total foreign private investment, the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth of 12.3 per cent to $797.7 million during the first five months of the current fiscal year as compared with $710 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
The other component of the foreign investment, the portfolio investment registered a decline of 42 per cent. The portfolio investment recorded an outflow of $263 million during the first five months of the current fiscal year as compared with the outflow of $185.5 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
The foreign public investment recorded an increase of 70 per cent due to decline in outflow of investment against debt securities. The outflow in debt securities recorded $79 million during July – November of fiscal year 2021/2022 as compared with the outflow of $261 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
