Remittances rise 9% to $16.1bn in 1Q26
A forex trader holds dollars in his hands. — AFP/File November inflows are up year-on-year but down since October. Saudi Arabia remains Pakistan’s largest source of remittances. The brokerage predicts remittances in 2026 will reach $41 billion. Workers’ remittances to Pakistan rose 9% year-on-year to $16.145 billion in the first five months of the 2025-26 fiscal year (July-November), even as monthly inflows fell to $3.19 billion in November, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) data showed. SBP data shows that November 2025 remittances were 9% higher than the $2.92 billion received in November 2024, but 7% lower than October 2025’s $3.42
