KARACHI, Feb 14: The country’s foreign exchange reserves fell $154 million to $13.395 billion in the week ending Feb 8, from $13.549bn in the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan said in a statement on Thursday.

The payment of $146 million made to the International Monetary Fund on Monday is not included in this data.

The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank slipped to $8.458bn from $8.586bn but that of commercial banks rose to $4.937bn from $4.888bn during the week.

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