FMFB has been actively involved in supporting the lower-income segment of the society to have, or improve, their own home since long. At the moment, FMFB house loan disbursements, other than GMSS Product, stand at more than PKR 4 billion across the country.

With over 340 branches in 114 cities spread across the country, the BankIslami has been providing services to people across all cities to promote Islamic Finance facilitating the country to achieve goals of digitalization and financial inclusion for the masses.

US President Joe Biden urged Americans on Monday not to panic about the new COVID-19 Omicron variant and said the United States was working with pharmaceutical companies to make contingency plans if new vaccines were needed.

The Chief Minister said that we have to provide facilities to people and their jobs and protection of them would be ensured in the area.

The chief of Britain's foreign spy service warned on Tuesday (Nov 30) that the West's adversaries such as China and Russia were racing to master artificial intelligence in a way that could revolutionize geopolitics over the next decade.

The focus at BOP is on Low-Cost Housing. Being a public sector bank, BOP has received an overwhelming response from the Governments' markup subsidy scheme (GMSS) for Housing. The bank is engaged in various initiatives of the GoP, GoPb and SBP for the housing & construction industry. At the Federal Government level, BOP is involved with NAPHDA and is an active contributor towards reforms agenda. BOP is the lead bank in consortiums formed by the LDA City Housing Project and Peri-Urban Project of GoPb.

It is especially important at this time where France hasn’t had the best track record in recent years when it comes to combating Islamophobia. When recently, Algerian Muslim women were stabbed near the Eiffel Tower for being Muslims and two Jordanian nationals were assaulted for speaking Arabic...

Public anxiety spiked as oil prices in Pakistan broke records multiple times over the last few weeks. The prices stand at the highest in the history of the country due to the devaluation of rupees and the high prices of crude oil globally.

Inflation and unemployment have surged in Afghanistan, and international aid that made up 75 percent of the previous US-backed government’s budget has completely dried up.

Over the month, tensions increased between the Federal government and the Sindh government regarding the transfer of senior officers. The Federal government is set on the transfer however Sindh CM recently directed the officers not to relinquish their posts.

The first-ever General Elections in the history of Pakistan were conducted on 7 December 1970. The results were a bad omen for the unity and integrity of Pakistan. Mujib’s secessionist leanings and exclusive focus on East Pakistan helped Bhutto greatly.

NBP being the nation's largest banking network, is playing a vital role in increasing the level of financial inclusion in Pakistan. NBP has so far successfully facilitated 840 Families to have their own houses/homes and has the honor of extending finance facilities in remote areas of the country.