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Country's external sector indicators pointing to stability: Khaqan
May 22, 2019

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Spokesperson of Finance Ministry Khaqan Hassan Najeeb has said the country's external sector indicators are pointing to stability.

In a tweet today, he said current account deficit decreased by twenty seven percent to 11.6 billion dollars during the first ten months of current fiscal year compared to 15.9 billion dollars last year.

The spokesperson said imports of goods have declined by 4.9 percent and services by nineteen percent whilst workers remittances have shown an increase of 8.5 percent.