International Investors Retrieved Over $1.6 Billion From Pakistan in 7 Months
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The repatriation of profits and dividends from foreign investments in Pakistan increased to $1,626 million in July-January 2025-26, marking a 22.5 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase compared to $1.328 billion in 7MFY25, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan.
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In January 2026, this figure clocked in at $118.9 million, up 33.9 percent compared to the previous month and also up 15.6 percent YoY compared to $102.9 million in January 2025.
The Power sector experienced the largest outflow of profits and dividends, reaching $400.2 million in 7MFY26, a 106 percent increase from the previous year, according to SBP data.
The Financial Business sector followed with $371.3 million in repatriations during 7MFY26, and the Food sector came in third with $142.4 million in outflows during the period in review.
Reference Link:- https://propakistani.pk/2026/02/19/international-investors-retrieved-over-1-6-billion-from-pakistan-in-7-months/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
