Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan recorded a modest increase of $41 million during the week ending March 6, 2026, according to the central bank’s latest weekly update.

The report released on Thursday showed that Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose by $164 million week-on-week, reaching $21.598 billion, compared with $21.434 billion in the previous week.

Reserves maintained by the State Bank itself climbed to $16.341 billion, up from $16.300 billion a week earlier.

At the same time, net foreign reserves held by commercial banks also increased, rising by $123 million over the week to $5.257 billion.