Syed Aman Shah, Provincial Convener of Awaam Pakistan Party Balochistan, has expressed serious concerns over the State Bank of Pakistan’s decision to maintain the interest rate at its current level,…
BankIslami has been recognized with the Best Islamic Banking Brand award at the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. GIFA is a globally recognized platform that…
Mian Zahid Hussain, President of the Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum & All Karachi Industrial Alliance, Chairman National Business Group Pakistan, Chairman Policy Advisory Board FPCCI, and Former Provincial Minister…
The Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) President, Junaid Naqi, has expressed deep disappointment over the State Bank of Pakistan’s decision to maintain the monetary policy rate at 11…
Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan (DIB), one of the leading Islamic banks in the country, has been honored with the Shaukat Khanum Social Responsibility Award 2024 by Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust…
SITE Association of Industry (SAI) has strongly criticized the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for maintaining the policy rate at 11%, warning that the decision could derail the government’s efforts…
The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$19,680.9 million as of 05-Sep-2025. The break-up of the foreign reserves position is as follows. Foreign reserves held by…
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued today the Mid-Year Performance Review (The Review) of the Banking Sector for 2025. The Review covers the performance and soundness of the…
The SBP is expected to maintain the policy rate at 11.0% in the Sep’25 meeting, in our view. While current headline inflation and external stability provide room for easing, the…
Faysal Bank Limited (FBL), has been recognized with the prestigious “Momentum Award – Issuing Bank” at the 11th Annual Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP) Awards 2025, hosted by…
K-Electric (KE) successfully concluded the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Pakistan’s first retail listed short-term Sukuk, attracting 2.2x times more bids than its target of PKR 2 billion. The funds…
The State Bank of Pakistan recently reported a significant milestone in the country’s foreign reserves, which reached US$ 19,659.5 million as of August 29, 2025. This development comes as a…
Faysal Bank Limited (FBL), one of the leading Islamic banks in Pakistan, and its China-based Fintech partner OPay, recently celebrated a major milestone, where the duo has processed digital retail…
MG Motors Pakistan has partnered with MCB Bank Limited to introduce an exclusive auto financing package on its premium SUVs, the MG HS PHEV and MG HS Trophy, making luxury…
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced the designation of D-SIBs for the year 2025 in accordance with Framework for ‘Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)’ published in April 2018…
The Board of Directors of National Bank of Pakistan, “NBP”, the Bank, met yesterday to approve the interim condensed financial statements of the Bank for the half-year ended June 30,…
Karachi School of Business and Leadership (KSBL) and JS Bank jointly hosted a strategic roundtable to address the opportunities and challenges shaping Pakistan’s SME financing landscape. The session brought together…
AHL Research's report on the National Bank of Pakistan highlights a strong turnaround in its 2QCY25 results, with earnings of PKR 20.8bn (EPS: PKR 9.8), compared to a loss of…
The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$ 19,617.8 million as of 22-Aug-2025. The break-up of the foreign reserves position is as under: Foreign reserves held…
The State Bank of Pakistan has released its financial statements for FY25 along with the auditors’ report thereon on its website. Simultaneously, the aforesaid financial statements and auditors’ report have…
Faysal Bank Limited (FBL), one of the leading Islamic Banks in the country, sustained its business momentum in the first half of 2025 and continued to gain market share in…
The State Bank of Pakistan, Banking Service Corporation (SBP BSC) and UN Women Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster long-term cooperation aimed at enhancing financial inclusion,…
According to AKD Research, the Bank Al-Habib Limited (BAHL) announced its 2QCY25 financial results earlier today, wherein the bank posted NPAT of PkR9.1bn (EPS: PkR8.2) for the quarter, down 18%YoY/11%QoQ.…
Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited delivered a resilient financial performance with a profit before tax of PKR 32.9bn compared to PKR 49.3bn in H1’24. The Bank posted a revenue of PKR…
As envisaged in the SBP Vision 2028, the SBP has announced the themes of first cohort under its Regulatory Sandbox initiative. Under this cohort, SBP will consider applications focused on…
