Foreign investors' confidence remains strong in Pakistan amid improved investment and business activity.

According to the statistics by State Bank of Pakistan, profit repatriation by foreign investors reached 2.31 billion dollars during the last financial year. In June this year alone, profit repatriation by foreign companies stood at 151.4 million dollars.

The State Bank stated that the financial sector, energy, food, communications and tobacco remained the leading sectors in terms of profit repatriation.