SBP holds about $13 billion reserves, Hammad Azhar informs Senate.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar has said on Friday that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) holds foreign exchange reserves of twelve to thirteen billion dollars.

'The reserves have increased due to improvement in exports and remittances', Hammad Azhar informed Senate during question hour, reported Radio Pakistan.

Senate began its session at the parliament house in Islamabad today (Friday) with Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani in the chair.

The minister for Industries said there has also been a record debt servicing during the tenure of the present government. He said we are paying back ten billion dollars annually.

Hammad Azhar said the current account has shown a surplus of 1.6...