Lively performance of National Bank of Pakistan
Performance, profit and its distribution by the National Bank of Pakistan, for its 64th year ended December 30, 2012, gives a pleasant surprise to all interested in work sheet of…
Banking, other financial businesses: customer identification program and international conventions
Customer identification in banking and financial businesses has gained importance due to abnormal increase in financial crimes including tax evasion, money laundering and terrorist financing. There are two sets of…
Banking shortcomings
SYSTEMS in Pakistan often operate below potential. We could be close, but remain mired in red tape, beholden to power structures and burdened by hidden and friction costs. Despite an…
Running banks and airlines
THE provinces are already running banks: Bank of Punjab, Sindh Bank and Bank of Khyber. Balochistan is the only province that does not have a bank of its own, but…
The national fiscal pact
A new important piece in the legal domain of Pakistan’s public finance management system is the National Fiscal Pact (NFP), which reportedly all four provinces have now signed onto. The…
World Bank President in Tuvalu says youth skills key to climate change plan
World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Friday that young people in the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu need training to help them move and adapt to climate change as…
