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The SBP board consists of 10 members with Governor Ashraf Wathra serving as its chairman

Universities must also conduct joint research on poverty alleviation, income inequalities

Rs11.8t passed through SBP Clearing House in July-December compared to Rs13.5t in January-June 2015

SBP’s liquid foreign exchange reserves increased by $28m to $15,507m compared to $15,479m in the previous week

Circular debt issue took another ugly turn as a central bank official confirmed SBP cleared Rs342bn worth of debt

Amount to Rs605.1b in 2015 despite increase in advances

Pronounced fall in weighted average lending rate main reason for compression

Guidelines part of anti-money laundering scheme

Amount to Rs3.15 trillion at end of January

The programme is scheduled to be held on February 22, 2016 at Shangrilla Gardens Multan

Expects average inflation in 2015-16 to remain between 3% and 4%

Deputy governor wants central bank to fulfill its role.

Says data services are tax-exempted all over the world due to their benefits to economy

Non-bank financial sector should consider deposit protection scheme, says Wathra

ATMs to be fitted with a device that will detect counterfeit currency.

Agriculture and industry lag behind, SBP report reveals

Amounts to Rs58b at end of September, up 3.4% from Rs56.1b at the end of June

Shrinks 53 basis points year-on-year at 5.29% in November

Automated cash-processing functions in offing as well

Amounts to little over $1.005b, improvement comes on back of falling import bill

SBP MD highlighted a brief overview of policy measures for promotion of SME finance in the country

SBP says key macroeconomic indicators recorded improvements

The statement came in the bank's annual report for the fiscal year that ended in June 2015

Senate panel probes Nishat Group’s purchase of Saint James’s Hotel in 2012

The decision is based on the expectation that there will be reversal in declining momentum of headline inflation

Improvement in the current account balance is mainly because of a shrinking trade deficit in both goods and services

SBP has blamed newspaper articles and “columnists” for the most recent speculative pressure on the rupee

Central bank says rupee value ‘broadly in line with economic fundamentals’.

Central bank transfers amount to federal government after paying Rs10m in dividends

Clocks up at 5.38% during September

Such initiatives will help exchange fruitful ideas, says SBP governor

Most of the increase has come on back of money borrowed from international financial institutions

Punjab fares better over the same period

Also says yes to govt getting four more years to retire debt owed to central bank

Remaining amount to be transferred by provinces

Figure up 3.2% at June-end, number of borrowers increases 14.6%

Households’ perceptions over prices yet to bottom out

Analysts say private-sector loans still to get boost despite lower interest rate

Under the new IRC, the ‘target rate’ is fixed between the floor and ceiling of the interest rate corridor

Brokerage houses had forecast a downward revision of 50 basis points

SBP’s liquid foreign exchange reserves increased $95 million to $13,556 million compared to $13,461 million

SBP issued a new design banknote series in 2005 to improve the security, durability and aesthetic quality of banknotes

Says agreements reached on registration of seminaries; review of audits; committee formed to finalise new syllabi,

A special unit in CPD of the SBP has been created for handling grievances against such discriminatory practices

Deputy governor of central bank agrees on the need for a study

Selection viewed as a conflict of interest, violates central bank’s Act of 1956

The financial constraint is the main hurdle towards achieving its desired goals of providing best infrastructure

Governor proposes Pakistan, China should trade in their own currencies

Monetary policy committee set up which will have outside experts

Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $18,822.1 million