KARACHI: Overseas Pakistani workers remittances hit highest level ofhistory under PTI government.
Overseas Pakistani workers remitted $21,841.50 million during FY19 showinga growth of 19.68% compared with $19,913.55 million received during thesame period in the preceding year.
According to State Bank of Pakistan, during June 2019, the inflow ofworker’s remittances amounted to $1,650.52 million, which is 28.72% lowerthan May 2019 and 1.40% higher than June 2018.
The country wise details for the month of June 2019 show that inflows fromSaudi Arabia, UAE, USA, UK, GCC countries (including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatarand Oman) and EU countries amounted to $334 million, $356.03 million,$276.76 million, $268.97 million, $163.46 million and $52.49 million,respectively, compared with the inflow of $336.61 million, $345.31 million,$260.32 million, $260.25 million, $163.53 million and $62.16 million,respectively, in June 2018.
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Remittances received from Malaysia, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Canada,Japan and other countries during June 2019 amounted to $198.81 milliontogether as against $199.47 million received in June 2018.
