February 20, 2019 (MLN): During seven months of the current fiscal year (FY20), the inflows of foreign investment into Pakistan have been utterly inspiring as it surged by a whopping 66% to $ 3.42 billion as compared to Jul-Jan FY19.
This rise in foreign investment was largely accredited to increased net inflows from China which rose by 89% YoY to $ 532.8 million during Jul-Jan FY20.
This was followed by Norway, as the country fetched net direct investment of $288.5 million from Norway against the net divestment of $3.9 million recorded in the same period of last year.
Next in line is Malta, whose net inflows stood at $129 million against the net outflows of $81.6 million in Jul-Jan FY19.
Meanwhile, Hongkong appeared as the fourth largest investor with net inflows 90.9 million, while the UK also emerged as a notable investor, as it invested a net amount of $78.5 million against $123, depicting a decline of 36% YoY.
With regards to Portfolio Investment, which increased significantly to $1.86 billion during the period mentioned above against outflows of $408 million last year mainly due to attractive returns offered by Government securities particularly T-bills.
