Islamabad (Web Desk): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday appreciated overseas Pakistanis for sending record 24.2 billion dollars remittances during the first 10 months of current Fiscal Year (FY).
In a tweet, the premier said he always believed that overseas Pakistanis to be the country's greatest asset.
He said that the remittances during the month of April rose to an all-time high of 2.8 billion dollars.
PM Imran added that the overseas Pakistanis had broken the record of entire FY20 by remitting $24.2 billion in first 10 months of FY21.
The primer minister again thanked overseas Pakistanis for their faith in ‘Naya Pakistan’.
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Meanwhile, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) also shared the similar details of remittances by the overseas Pakistan.
In a statement the central bank said that cumulatively, during the July-April FY21 workers’ remittances rose to an unprecedented level of $24.2bn, up by 29pc, compared to the same period last year.
These have also surpassed the full FY20 level by over $1bn, creating a new record, the statement added.
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