Pakistani central bank's forex reserves fall by 70 mln USD

ISLAMABAD, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said that its foreign exchange reserves had decreased by 70 million U.S. dollars.

During the week ending on Sept. 1, the total foreign exchange reserves of the bank fell to around 7.8 billion dollars, the SBP said in a statement on Thursday evening.

The decrease occurred "on account of debt repayments," it added.

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