Pakistan records FDI of $220m in September

Mettis Global, citing State Bank of Pakistan data, said the country attracted net FDI worth $219.5m in September 2026. That was 18.5% higher than the $185.3m recorded in the same month last year. Gross inflows reached $292.7m during the month, while outflows totalled $73.2m.

Cumulative FDI for July to September of FY27 came to $719.7m, up 19.9% from $600.4m in the same period of FY26, which the report reads as a sign of growing direct investment momentum. Portfolio investment, by contrast, posted a net outflow of $26.9m in September, reducing total foreign private investment to $192.6m. Foreign public investment, all of it in debt securities, added $2,891.2m, lifting overall foreign investment for the month to $3,083.8m.

For the first quarter of FY27, the FPI balance was a net outflow of $28.6m, versus $121.5m a year before. Private foreign money in total rose from $478.8m to $691.1m, and public inflows reached $2,960.6m. Taken together, foreign investment for the quarter amounted to $3,651.7m, a turnaround from the $32.9m net outflow seen in the same stretch of FY26.