Board meeting of Askari Bank Limited will be held on October 16, 2015

Karachi: Askari Bank Limited informed Karachi Stock Exchange that board of directors meeting of the company will be held on October 16, 2015 at Karachi. The agenda of the meeting is to consider nine months and 3rd quarterly accounts for period ended September 30, 2015 for declaration of any entitlement

Further, the Company has declared closed period from October 09, 2015 to October 16, 2015.

Askari Bank Limited was incorporated in Pakistan on October 9, 1991, as a public limited company and commenced its operation on April 1, 1992. The company is engaged in the business of banking defined in the Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962. The branch networks of the bank also include Islamic and agricultural banking. The registered office of the bank is located in Rawalpindi. The stocks of the company are quoted on the Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Stock Exchanges of Pakistan.

The bank has more than 240 branches located all over Pakistan. The products and services which the bank provides to its customers include agricultural banking, branch banking, consumer banking, corporate banking and Islamic banking services.

The symbol “AKBL” is being used by the stock exchange for the shares of Askari Bank Limited.