Tag: Sbp

Soyem of SBP governor’s mother today

Begum Ismat Anwar, wife of Late Commodore Shaikh Mohammad Anwar and mother of Yaseen Anwar, Governor State Bank of Pakistan, was buried at old...

SBP Governor talks up global remittance potential

Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Yaseen Anwar has said that there exists a huge potential in the global remittance market for Pakistan. ...

Branchless Banking shows impressive growth in fourth quarter: SBP

Branchless banking (BB) has witnessed an impressive growth during the fourth quarter (April - June 2012) of the last fiscal year 2011-12 as the...

SBP dengue walk sets up new record of participation

The Walk for Cause organized by the Sports Board Punjab for healthy society and dengue awareness broke all previous records of participation of any...

SBP holds walk to observe Anti-Dengue Day

All the staff and employees of the Sports Board Punjab and Sports Directorate on Sunday held a walk to observe the Anti-Dengue Day for...

SBP Governor goes all patriotic and hyper

State Bank of Pakistan, Governor, Yaseen Anwar has said they can easily overcome main challenges by following the guidance of our founding fathers. It...

SBP takes country’s independence into the air

The Sports Board Punjab in its build up to the Punjab Youth Festival 2012, held a special Independence Day evening on the footsteps of...

SBP slashes interest rate by 1.5 percent

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has slashed discount rate by 150 bps to 10.5 percent for a period of two months, a very...

Industry demands mark up into single digit

Trade and industry has demanded of the government to reduce interest rate in the forthcoming Monetary Policy by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)....

Bring on the chainsaw!

The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Friday urged the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to reduce markup rate by 150 to 200...

Raja appoints Kazi as SBP deputy governor

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has appointed Kazi Abdul Muktadir as deputy governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for a period of three years...

FDI inflows decline by 62.5pc in Jul-May

The net FDI investment landed $ 678.9 million during Jul-May 2011-12 after $42.5 million outflow of capital was brought back by the foreign investors...

SBP revises guidelines on stress testing for banks, DFIs

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Friday issued the revised guidelines on stress testing to further strengthen the risk management capacity of the banks...

SBP issues show cause notice to blue turf installer

The Sports Board Punjab has issued a show cause notice to the installer of the blue turf at the National Hockey Stadium for slow...

Macroeconomics lesson # 1

The central bank organized a two-day training workshop here on April 23-24 to familiarize the economic journalists with the basic macroeconomic indicators in the...

SBP puts its wallet on the table and points towards the...

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) tends to refer the cash-strapped federal government to the Parliament if the latter failed to meet the legal...

Dear SBP, Please save our backsides Yours insecurely, LCCI

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Thursday sent an SOS to the State Bank of Pakistan pleading it to save the national economy...