National Bank of Pakistan

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National Bank of Pakistan
Company type Public
PSX:  NBP
KSE 100 component
Industry Banking
FoundedNovember 1949;75 years ago (1949-11)
Headquarters Karachi-74000, Pakistan
Key people
Rehmat Ali Hasnie (CEO)
ProductsLoans, Savings, Consumer Banking, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking
RevenueIncrease2.svgRs. 209.3 billion (US$720 million) [1]  (2023)
Increase2.svgRs. 101.2 billion (US$350 million) [1]  (2023)
Increase2.svgRs. 51.8 billion (US$180 million) [1]  (2023)
Total assets Increase2.svgRs. 6.6 trillion (US$23 billion) [1]  (2023)
Total equity Increase2.svgRs. 382.7 billion (US$1.3 billion) [1]  (2023)
Owner State Bank of Pakistan (75.20%)
Number of employees
14,962 [1]  (2023)
Website nbp.com.pk

National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) 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. [2]

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The bank provides various commercial and public sector banking services, including the debt-equity market, corporate investment banking, retail and consumer banking, agricultural financing, treasury services. In the year 2020, the bank was designated domestic systemically important bank (D-SIB) by the State Bank of Pakistan. [3]

History

The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) was established in 1949 under the National Bank of Pakistan Ordinance as a government-owned bank. Initially, NBP functioned as an agent of the central bank in areas where the State Bank of Pakistan did not have branches and managed government treasury operations. The bank's first branches were situated in the jute-growing regions of East Pakistan, followed by offices in Karachi and Lahore.

In 1950, NBP expanded internationally by opening a branch in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. By 1955, the bank had established additional branches in London and Calcutta. Further international expansion included the establishment of a branch in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1957 and in Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika, in 1962.

Geopolitical events impacted NBP's overseas operations during this period. In 1964, the Iraqi government nationalised NBP's Baghdad branch. The outbreak of hostilities between India and Pakistan in 1965 led the Indian government to seize the Calcutta branch. In 1967, the Tanzanian government nationalised the Dar es Salaam branch.

In 1971, NBP acquired two branches of the Bank of China in Karachi and Chittagong. The separation of East Pakistan resulted in the loss of NBP's branches in that region. Subsequently, NBP merged with Eastern Mercantile Bank and Eastern Bank Corporation. In 1974, the government of Pakistan nationalised NBP, and as part of the consolidation of the banking sector, NBP acquired the Bank of Bahawalpur.

The bank continued its international operations by opening an offshore branch in Cairo in 1977. In 1994, NBP amalgamated Mehran Bank, and in 1997, it commenced operations of a branch in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. [4] In 2000, NBP opened a representative office in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

In 2001, the State Bank of Pakistan and the Bank of England permitted only two Pakistani banks to operate in the United Kingdom. As a result, NBP and United Bank Limited merged their UK operations to form Pakistan International Bank, with NBP holding a 45% stake and United Bank owning 55%. In 2002, Pakistan International Bank was renamed United National Bank Limited (UNB), maintaining the same ownership structure. Following its privatisation in Pakistan, UNB was owned 49% by the government of Pakistan and 51% by a joint foreign consortium from Abu Dhabi.

During this period, NBP underwent partial privatisation and the government of Pakistan sold 23.2 percent share through initial public offering on the Karachi Stock Exchange.

In 2003, NBP opened a branch in Kabul, Afghanistan, where the first ATM in the country was installed. The offshore branch in Cairo was closed in 2005. In 2010, NBP opened a branch in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, and in 2011, it established a representative office in Toronto, Canada.

Presidents

NameFromTo
Syed Ali Raza Jul-00Jan-11
Qamar Hussain (acting)Jan-11Apr-11
Qamar HussainApr-11Jan-13
Dr. Asif A. BrohiJan-13Sep-13
Asif Hassan (acting)Sep-13Jan-14
Syed Ahmad Iqbal AshrafJan-14Jan-17
Masood Kareem Sheikh (acting)Jan-17Mar-17
Saeed AhmadMar-17Aug-18
Tariq Jamali (acting)Aug-18Feb-19
Arif UsmaniFeb-19May-22
Rehmat Ali Hasnie (acting)May-22Aug-23
Rehmat Ali HasnieAug-23present

Subsidiaries

NBP Fund Management Limited

NBP Funds is a Non-Banking Finance Company jointly owned by National Bank of Pakistan and Fullerton Fund Management Group, Singapore, which in-turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, Singapore. [5]

Sports

NBP owns a team since 1947 and a venue since 1998, both named after it and both located in Karachi. In October 2022, NBP got the naming rights of National Stadium Karachi.

NBP owns a Karachi-based men's team playing in Pakistan Premier League. NBP is not involved with any women's team in Pakistan, nevertheless, in October 2020, its director, Imam Baloch, publicly lauded Diya W.F.C.'s actions for spreading football to poor and "backward areas" of Karachi and Sindh. [6]

NBP owns a team which won the National Hockey Championship in 2013. [7]

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