KARACHI: The inflow of total foreign investment fell by around 81 percent during first five months of the current fiscal year due to outflow of investment from debt securities.
According to data released by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) the foreign public investment fell by 112.5 percent mainly due to outflow in debt securities.
The investment in debt securities witnessed outflow of $142 million during first five months of the current fiscal year as compared with inflows of $1.13 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The other segment of total investment i.e. foreign private investment witnessed a decline of 40 percent during the period under review.
The foreign private investment fell to $531.6 million during July – November of the current fiscal year as compared with $884 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
Under the head of foreign private investment, the inflow of direct investment witnessed 17 percent to $717 million during first five months of the current fiscal year as compared with $864.4 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The investment in capital market witnessed massive outflow during the period. The portfolio investment during first five months of the current fiscal year witnessed outflow of $185.8 million as compared with inflow of $19.5 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
