Foreign Investment In Pakistan Fell By 58.4% In The First 4 Months Of This Fiscal Year.

According to the Pakistan daily news, the central bank announced recently. data It shows that the net amount of foreign investment attracted by Pakistan in the first 4 months of fiscal year 2011-12 (2011, 7-10 months) is 238 million US dollars, a sharp decrease of 58.4% compared with the 571 million US dollars in the same period last fiscal year. Among them, foreign direct investment (FDI) has a net inflow of US $340 million, down 27.7% compared to the same period last year. Financial investment has changed from net inflow to US $101 million in the last fiscal year to a net outflow of US $102 million.

In the above period, the net investment of developed countries and regions to Pakistan investment was only 36 million 400 thousand US dollars, a decrease of 89.7% compared with 355 million US dollars in the same period last year, and the net investment of developing countries and regions to Pakistan dropped from 204 million US dollars in the same period last year to 204 million. dollar , Decline It is 9.8%.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) increased rapidly in 2002-2008 years, from $483 million to $4 billion 509 million. However, since 2008, due to deteriorating security situation, unstable political situation, sustained energy crisis and low economic growth prospects, Pakistan has attracted FDI for a long time. In the 2010-11 fiscal year, Pakistan attracted FDI net inflow of only $1 billion 573 million, down 26.8% from the US $2 billion 150 million in the previous fiscal year.