Pakistan's Power sector records highest divestment of $78m in March

April 17, 2025 (MLN): Pakistan’s Power Sector witnessed the highest outflow through foreign investors worth $77.87 million in March 2025, as per the latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

The second and third highest rank was held by the Communications and Mining & Quarrying sectors as they experienced a net outflow of $6.61m and $2.93m, respectively, from foreign investors in the review month.

On the other hand, the sector that witnessed the biggest net inflow was the Financial Business sector as foreign investors invested an amount of $51.99m.

In the ongoing fiscal period (9MFY25), the Financial Business sector has ranked first in terms of the highest net FDI of $518.38m, compared to an inflow of $464.78m recorded in 9MFY24.

This was followed by the Power sector, which attracted a net FDI of $500.32m during the review period as against $342.52m in the previous fiscal year.

The third-highest net FDI receiver was Oil & Gas Explorations sector with cumulative net inflows of $216.93m, showing a rise of 4.97% YoY as the sector observed $206.66m net foreign inflows in SPLY.

Analysing further, the sector that experienced the highest divestment was the Communications sector, as the FDI balance for this sector stood at negative $64.46m in 9MFY25, compared to negative $22.78m in 9MFY24.

The Transport Equipment(Automobiles) sector was the second sector in line to record divestment through FDI of $15.86m, against an inflow of $17.12m incurred in the SPLY.

Furthermore, the Transport sector also faced a divestment of $15.47m in 9MFY25, significantly down from 9MFY24, where the withdrawal stood at $16.9m.

It is crucial to mention that in March, FDI in the country clocked in at $25.75m.

On a cumulative basis, within 9MFY25, FDI has increased to $1.64bn as compared to Foreign investment of $1.44bn reported in the corresponding period last year.

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