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The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) is a major Pakistani commercial bank with headquarters in Karachi. Although state-owned it operates as commercial bank, while still continuing to act as trustee of public funds and as the agent to the State Bank of Pakistan in places where SBP does not have a presence. The bank provides both commercial and public sector banking services. It is a lead player in the debt equity market, corporate investment banking, retail and consumer banking, agricultural financing, treasury services. As of 2012 it has 1,280 branches across Pakistan with assets of approximately USD 12.293 billion.〔 It also operates a number of office overseas that include Beijing, Tashkent, Chicago, London and Toronto. National Bank of Pakistan has developed a wide range of consumer products, to enhance business and cater to the different segments of society and meet its social responsibilities. Some schemes have been specifically designed for the low to middle income segments of the population. It has implemented special credit schemes like small finance for agriculture, business and industries, administrator to Qarz-e-Hasna loans to students, self-employment scheme for unemployed persons, public transport scheme. The Bank has expanded its range of products and services to include Shariah Compliant Islamic Banking products. It has also put in place a remittance service for overseas Pakistanis to send their money back to Pakistan. The bank also runs the Annual Awards for Excellence in Literature that confer awards to the best books in Urdu and in all prominent regional languages. The Bank is also the largest sponsor of sports in Pakistan. ==History== *1949 National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) was established under the National Bank of Pakistan Ordinance of 1949 and was government-owned. NBP acted as an agent of the central bank wherever the State Bank did not have its own branch. It also undertook government treasury operations. Its first branches were in jute growing areas in East Pakistan. Offices in Karachi and Lahore followed. *1950 NBP established a branch in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. *1955 By this time NBP had branches in London and Calcutta. *1957 NBP established a branch in Baghdad, Iraq. *1962 NBP established a branch in Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika. *1964 The Iraqi government nationalized NBP's Baghdad branch. *1965 The Indian government seized the Calcutta branch on the outbreak of hostilities between India and Pakistan. *1967 The Tanzanian government nationalized the Dar es Salaam branch. *1971 NBP acquired Bank of China's two branches, one in Karachi and one at Chittagong. At separation of East Pakistan NBP lost its branches there. NBP merged with Eastern Mercantile Bank and with Eastern Bank Corporation. *1974 The government of Pakistan nationalized NBP. As part of the concomitant consolidation of the banking sector, NBP acquired Bank of Bahawalpur. *1977 NBP opened an offshore brain Cairo. *1994 NBP amalgamated Mehran Bank. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Bank of Pakistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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