MCB Bank Limited is pleased to announce another year of resilient financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2025, reflecting the Bank’s strategic agility, balance sheet strength, and disciplined…
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), through the Pakistan Banks Association (PBA), has conveyed its no objection to onboarding HBL Zarai Services Limited (HBL Zarai) as an approved Agricultural Services…
In a significant step toward strengthening small business financing in Pakistan, ABHI Microfinance Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DigiKhata, a leading digital ledger platform used by…
Following a strong follow-up by the Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industry regarding the serious issue of unjustified and indefinite holding of funds in business accounts, Vice President…
Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s leading Islamic bank and one of the largest banks in the country, engaged with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the Central Bank of Malaysia, under a focused knowledge-sharing…
As of January 23, 2026, Pakistan's total liquid foreign reserves have reached US$ 21,293.3 million, according to the latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). This represents…
In a move aimed at widening access to small-ticket digital financing in Pakistan, ABHI Microfinance Bank has entered into a strategic partnership with Zanda Financial Services (Pvt.) Ltd., a technology-enabled…
The general public will be able to subscribe to the initial public offering (IPO) of Pak Qatar General Takaful Limited (PQGTL) starting January 28th, following strong institutional investor demand during…
Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCIKarachi: Mr. Atif Ikram Sheikh, President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), has expressed profound disappointment over the State Bank of…
President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Muhammad Ikram Rajput expressed strong reservations over the State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy Committee decision to maintain the policy…
Pak-Qatar Asset Management Company Limited (PQAMC) is a leading dedicated Islamic Asset Management Company in Pakistan, and part of Pak-Qatar Group, which is Pakistan’s Pioneer and Premier Islamic financial services…
Saquib Fayyaz Magoon, Chairman of the Businessmen Panel Progressive (BMPP) and Senior Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has expressed deep disappointment over…
Ahmed Azeem Alvi, President of the SITE Association of Industry(SAI) has voiced strong disappointment over the State Bank’s decision to maintain the policy rate at 10.5 percent, terming it detrimental…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 10.5 percent in its meeting today. The Committee observed that headline inflation of 5.6 percent y/y in…
As a joint initiative of the Pakistan Banks Association (PBA) and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Pakistan’s banking sector concluded its first-ever Industry-wide Cyber Drill, a week-long exercise held…
Chairman of the Businessmen Panel Progressive (BMPP) and Senior Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), has urged the government to reduce the policy…
Pakistan’s first digital Islamic banking platform, aik by BankIslami, has launched aikPay — Pakistan’s first Shariah-compliant Raast-enabled QR Payment Gateway. Built on the State Bank of Pakistan’s Raast infrastructure, aikPay…
Faysal Bank Limited (FBL), one of Pakistan’s leading Islamic banks, has reaffirmed its commitment to diversity and inclusion by once again partnering with Special Olympics Pakistan (SOP) as the Title…
ABHI Microfinance Bank and Finleap Financial Services (Private) Limited have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at expanding access to digital loans and Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions, a…
Pak-Qatar General Takaful Limited’s (PQGTL) IPO book-building has concluded with a historic oversubscription of 21x times, marking the first-ever IPO of a dedicated General Takaful company at PSX. Investors responded…
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported that the country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at US$ 21,258.2 million as of January 16, 2026. According to SBP data: •…
President and CEO of Meezan Bank, Dr. Syed Amir Ali, has announced that the bank will initially allocate a seed fund of PKR 10 million to provide venture-capital-style financing for…
The Government of Balochistan and the National Bank of Pakistan have signed a formal agreement to provide electric scooters on subsidised instalments to students, working women, and the general public,…
Titled “Islamic Economy in the Digital Age: Innovation within the Framework of Compliance,” the 6th AlBaraka Forum Regional Conference was held at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Karachi, bringing together senior policymakers, financial leaders,…
The Current Account has deteriorated notably in the 1HFY26, with the Current Account Balance swinging into a deficit of USD1,174mn. This represents a stark reversal from a USD957mn surplus in…
