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Banking Industry of Pakistan: Performances and Constrains
BANKING INDUSTRY OF PAKISTAN: PERFORMANCES AND CONSTRAINS
Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan for Media Monitors Network (MMN) – July 24, 2004 - http://www.mediamonitors.net/biopakbymuhkhan.html Banking is one of the most sensitive businesses all over the world. Banks play very important role in the economy of a country and Pakistan is no exemption. Banks are custodian to the assets of the general masses. The banking sector plays a significant role in a contemporary world of money and economy. It influences and facilitates many different but integrated economic activities like resources mobilization, poverty elimination, production and distribution of public finance. It is purchase of car or building of a home banks are always there to serve you better. It is play ground or any educational or healthy societal activity the money of banks nurture them. It is an industrial project or agricultural development of the country the sponsor-ship of banks is very much involved. Banks play very positive and important role in the overall economic development of the country.
Pakistan has a well-developed banking system, which consists of a wide variety of institutions ranging from a central bank to commercial banks and to specialized agencies to cater for special requirements of specific sectors. The country started without any worthwhile banking network in 1947 but witnessed phenomenal growth in the first two decades. By 1970, it had acquired a flourishing banking sector.
Central Banking: Linchpin Of Country’s Banking System
SBP acts as a nucleolus in the financial system of the country. It is the linchpin of country’s banking system. To day, a central bank is the central arch of the monetary and fiscal framework in many countries of the world and its activities are essential for the proper functioning of the economy and critical for the fiscal operations of the government and Pakistan’s banking system is no exemption. Will Roger (1992) described a central bank as one

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