ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said there is a record increase in remittances over the last eight months.
In his tweets on Monday, he said the remittances are up twenty-four percent compared to the last year.
The Prime Minister said the remittances remained above two billion dollars over the eight consecutive months.
He said the remittances were 2.27 billion dollars in the month of January this year which are nineteen percent higher than the corresponding period last year.
سمندرپارپاکستانیوں کیجانب سےجنوری میں بھجوائی جانےوالی ترسیلاتِ زر 2.27 ارب$ رہیں جوجنوری 2020 سے19% زیادہ اور لگاتار آٹھویں ماہ بھی 2ارب$ سےزائد رہیں۔ رواں مالی سال میں اب تک یہ گزشتہ برس کی نسبت24%زیادہ ہیں۔ملک کیلئےیہ ایک ریکارڈہےجس پرمیں اپنےسمندرپارپاکستانیوں کا شکرگزارہوں۔
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 15, 2021
The Prime Minister thanked the overseas Pakistanis for sending record remittances.
Alluding to the industrial sector, the Prime Minister said it is also showing sustained growth. He said large scale manufacturing saw another double digit growth of 11.4 percent in the month of December last year. He said the cumulative growth of the sector during the first six months of current fiscal year is above eight percent.
