National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), says that its all branches remained open till 6 Pm on the 4th of July, 2016 
to ensure all funds pertaining to pensioners are distributed effectively before start of Eid holidays. A press statement has clarified that news regarding shortage of cash at main branches and ATMs were false as customers of the bank were able to transact a total of PKR 79.6 crores from NBP’s widespread ATM network in the past 24 hours. Management of NBP also stated that all ATMs were online, and in the past 24 hours the network had seen a total of 177,789 transactions, out of which 79,546 were cash, based transactions. In spirit of goodwill, NBP management at all bank branches also arranged for Iftar of the pensioners who came in to receive their pensions.