Pakistan forex reserves rise to $16.284 bln

KARACHI - Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves rose to $16.284 billion in the week ending March 6 compared with $16.136 billion in the previous week, the central bank said. Overseas Pakistani workers remitted $10,358.81 million in first seven months (July to January) of FY15, showing an impressive growth of 14.6 percent compared with $9,038.4 million received during the same period of FY14. - Reuters