Islamabad (Web Desk): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday thanked overseas Pakistanis after record increase in remittances this year as compare to 2020.
In his Twitter post, the premier said, “Remittances from overseas Pakistanis were $2.27bn in Jan, up 19% over Jan 2020 - 8th consecutive month of remittances above $2bn. To date in this fiscal year they are up 24% compared to last year. This is a record for our country and I thank our overseas Pakistanis.”
Prime Minister Imran Khan also shared good news from the industrial sector which showed sustained growth. He said that large scale manufacturing saw another double digit growth month in December 2020 – 11.4% growth vs Dec 2019, he said while adding that cumulative July to December growth is above 8% now.