Pakistan Industrial & Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has said that massive fall of rupee value continued to harm the economy, as the cost of deals done by the businessmen with their foreign buyers has increased manifold due to unprecedented plunge of local currency against dollar.
\nBesides increasing exports and controlling imports the government will have to take administrative measures, as a large demand of cash dollars are seen in the market.
\nPIAF Senior Vice Chairman Nasir Hameed and Vice Chairman Javed Siddiqi, in a joint statement issued on Friday, observed that the US dollar continued to rise against the rupee, reaching a record high of Rs173.50 in interbank trade amidst growing current account deficit.
\nCommenting on the persistent decline of the rupee against the dollar, Nasir Hameed Khan said the rupee had plunged by 11 percent against the dollar over the past six months while the value of other currencies in the region had declined by hardly one to two percent in the last six months.
\nThis indicates that the pressure on the rupee is consistently increasing, he said, stressing the need to devise a strategy on war-footing to increase foreign investment in Pakistan so as to stop the upward trajectory of the dollar.
\nNasir Hameed said that the continuous increase in imports is fuelling the dollar’s demand in the market, saying that there was a possibility of imports rising to $65 billion by the year’s end, up from an earlier estimate of $61 billion. Moreover, he added, the target for remittances from overseas Pakistanis, which was set at $29bn in June earlier this, was likely to be contracted to $28bn. However, if the approval of a $6bn loan package by the International Monetary Fund and the immediate delivery of $1bn on that account from the Fund could improve the situation, he said.
\nVice Chairman Javed Siddique urged the government to control volatility of rupee against the US dollar, as the industrial revival and economic growth is not possible without stability of local currency. He said that Pakistani rupee continued its downward slide against the US dollar.
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