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The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) (Urdu: بینک دَولتِ پاکِستان) is the Central Bank of Pakistan. Its Constitution , as originally laid down in the State Bank of Pakistan Order 1948, remained basically unchanged until 1 January 1974, when the bank was nationalised and the scope of its functions was considerably enlarged.
Here is a list of the governors of the State Bank of Pakistan. List of governors. No Governor Took office Left office Time in office 1 Zahid Hussain: 10 June 1948
National Bank of Pakistan, abbreviated as NBP ( Urdu: نیشنل بینک آف پاکستان) is a Pakistani government -owned multinational commercial bank which is a subsidiary of State Bank of Pakistan. It is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. As of December 2022, it has over 1,500 branches across Pakistan.
After independence, the State Bank of Pakistan was established as the central bank of the country, with its headquarters in Karachi. Prior to independence, the Reserve Bank of India acted as the central bank for what became Pakistan. Under pressure from the International Monetary Fund, Pakistan implemented economic reforms in the late 1990s.
Born. 1893. Died. 1957. Occupation. Banker. Zahid Husain (1893 – 1957) was the founder and the first governor of State Bank of Pakistan from June 1948 to July 1953. [1] [2] He also served as Pakistan's first High Commissioner to India from August 1947 to April 1948. [1]
Ishrat Hussain. Ishrat Husain is a Pakistani banker and economist who served as the dean of the Institute of Business Administration (2008-2016) and the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (1999-2006). [2] He presently serves as Advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan for Institutional Reforms & Austerity, in office since August 2018.
The current State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery building, previously the Imperial Bank of India, is a Greco Roman building in Jodhpuri Red Sandstone constructed in the 1920s by the British government. In 2004, the State Bank of Pakistan decided to adapt the building as a museum; work on the projects started in 2006 and was devoted to ...
In 2020, Murtaza Syed began a three-year term as Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, appointed by the Federal Government under the State Bank of Pakistan Act 1956 (amended). [3] Syed has published multiple papers on macroeconomic issues and has lectured at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. [3]