State Bank of Pakistan to host SAARCFINANCE, Asian Clearing Union Events and Zahid Husain Memorial Lecture

Karachi, June 17, 2013 (PPI-OT): The State Bank of Pakistan will host 26th SAARCFINANCE Group Meeting, 9th SAARCFINANCE Governors’ Symposium and 42nd Asian Clearing Union (ACU) Board of Directors Meeting on June 18-19, 2013 in Islamabad.

Governors of the Central Banks and senior government officials from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka will participate.

The State Bank will also organize its most prestigious annual event, Zahid Husain Memorial Lecture on June 18, 2013 in Islamabad, where Prof. Ha-Joon Chang from Cambridge University will deliver a lecture on “Rethinking Role of the State in Economic Development”.

Pakistan will also assume the chair of ACU Board of Directors at the 42nd Meeting of the board, scheduled to be held on 19 June 2013.

For more information, contact:
Syed Wasimuddin
Chief Spokesman
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)
Tel: +9221 3921 2562
Fax: +9221 3921 2563
Email: syed.wasimuddin@sbp.org.pk