Pakistan · Financial institution
National Bank of Pakistan
National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) was incorporated under the National Bank of Pakistan Ordinance, 1949. Its registered and head office is on I.I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi. According to its shareholding disclosure, the State Bank of Pakistan holds 75.20% of its shares, and the bank's shares are listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange. It provides commercial banking and related services in Pakistan and overseas. It also handles treasury transactions for the Government of Pakistan as an agent of the State Bank of Pakistan.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- NBPAPKKAXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under NBPAPKKA directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 24 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1995-05-01
- Last updated
- 2023-07-26
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
State-owned
Ticker NBP
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as NBP
- Ownership
- The State Bank of Pakistan holds 75.20% of the shares on behalf of the Federal Government, and the remaining shares trade on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.
- Direct parent
- State Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan 75.2%
- Ultimate owner
- Government of Pakistan, Pakistan
- Stock listing
- Pakistan Stock Exchange NBP
- Head office
- NBP Building, I.I. Chundrigar Road, 74000 Karachi, Pakistan
Business lines
According to its June 2026 half-yearly report, the bank operates 1,503 branches in Pakistan, including 312 Islamic banking branches, and 14 overseas branches, and earns commission on government treasury transactions.
Online
- Websites & references
- nbp.com.pk ↗
ibanking.nbp.com.pk ↗ internet banking portal
newaccount.nbp.com.pk ↗ digital account opening
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- nbp.com.pk/index.aspx
- nbp.com.pk/Governance/BOD.aspx
- nbp.com.pk/Governance/Smgt.aspx
- nbp.com.pk/FinancialStatements/NBP_Half_Yearly-Report-June-2026.pdf
- nbp.com.pk/FinancialStatements/QuarterlyReports.aspx
- nbp.com.pk/CORRESB/CorresBankFinder.aspx
- nbp.com.pk/ficmd/index.aspx
- nbp.com.pk/SHPattern/index.aspx
- nbp.com.pk/InvestorRelations/MoodysMarch2018.pdf
- brecorder.com/news/40437745
- en.dailypakistan.com.pk/03-Sep-2026/who-is-imran-sarwar-the-new-boss-of-national-bank-of-pakistan
- federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/enforcement20241219a.htm
- dawn.com/news/1903655
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bank_of_Pakistan
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Imran Sarwar President & Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
- Naved A. Khan Chairman
- Chief financial officer
- Abdul Wahid Sethi SEVP & Group Chief Financial Control Group (Chief Financial Officer)
- Executive
- Haroon Zamir Khan SEVP & Group Chief/Chief Risk Officer, Risk Management Group
- Executive
- Muhammad Abdul Moeed EVP & Group Head, Compliance Group
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Pakistan
- State Bank of Pakistan Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorForeign exchange
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
The Finance Division appointed Imran Sarwar President and CEO for three years, subject to fit and proper clearance by the State Bank of Pakistan.
brecorder.com ↗ -
Leadership
The Finance Division gave CFO Abdul Wahid Sethi acting charge of the President/CEO office after Rehmat Ali Hasnie's term ended.
nbp.com.pk ↗ -
Leadership
The Federal Government appointed Naved Abid Khan Chairman of the Board of Directors for a three-year term from 16 March 2026.
nbp.com.pk ↗ -
Incident
An audit of the bank's Sukkur branch found suspected embezzlement of about PKR 1 billion, and the case was referred to the Federal Investigation Agency.
dawn.com ↗ -
Enforcement
The Federal Reserve Board terminated its 2022 cease-and-desist order and 2016 written agreement with the bank and its New York branch.
federalreserve.gov ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- NBPAPKKAXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- NBPABank
- PKCountry · Pakistan
- KALocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- HEAD OFFICE
- LEI
- 391200B8N7KWZADUJM27
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Pakistan · South Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The National Bank of Pakistan group has 9 institutions in the directory, in 9 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including National Bank of Pakistan.
See the National Bank of Pakistan group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- HEAD OFFICE FLOOR 3 I.I. CHUNDRIGAR ROAD KARACHI 75500 PAKISTAN
- Operational address
- HEAD OFFICE BUILDING, SWIFT CENTER MAIN BRANCH FLOOR 3 II CHUNDRIGAR ROAD KARACHI 75700 KARACHI POB 4840 PAKISTAN
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>NBPAPKKAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>391200B8N7KWZADUJM27</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>NBPAPKKAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>391200B8N7KWZADUJM27</LEI>
<Nm>NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>KARACHI</TwnNm>
<Ctry>PK</Ctry>
<AdrLine>HEAD OFFICE FLOOR 3 I.I. CHUNDRIGAR ROAD KARACHI 75500</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
All 24 branch BICs connect to the head office, spread across 13 cities. Largest: Karachi (8), Faisalabad (2), Islamabad (2). Doha Bank publishes 1 account held with this bank.
All 24 branch BICs connect to the head office. Most were registered in 2007–2010 (10 BICs) and 1999–2002 (4). Doha Bank publishes 1 account held with this bank.
- Own offices
- Respondent banks: they hold accounts here
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Respondent banks
From the correspondent lists other banks publish
Doha Bank publishes 1 account held with this bank.
| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKR | Doha Bank Qatar | NBPAPKKA | 4002812519 | dohabank.com.qa ↗ dated Jul 2026 |
Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBPAPKKA02F | CORPORATE BRANCH FAISALABAD | Faisalabad | CORPORATE BRANCH FAISALABAD KOHINOOR CITY FAISALABAD FAISALABAD FAISALABAD PAKISTAN | — | 2024-10-05 |
| NBPAPKKA02G | — | Gujranwala | GUJRANWALA GUJRANWALA PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKA02H | — | Hyderabad | HYDERABAD HYDERABAD PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKA02I | — | Islamabad | ISLAMABAD ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKA02L | — | Lahore | LAHORE LAHORE PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKA02M | — | Multan | MULTAN MULTAN PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKA02P | — | Peshawar | PESHAWAR PESHAWAR PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKA02Q | — | Quetta | QUETTA QUETTA PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKA02R | — | Rawalpindi | RAWALPINDI RAWALPINDI PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKA02S | DISTRICT COURT BRANCH | Sialkot | SIALKOT SIALKOT PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKA02U | MAIN BRANCH/CORPORATE BRANCH | Mirpur | MIRPUR MIRPUR PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKA02Z | — | Muzaffarabad | MUZAFFARABAD MUZAFFARABAD PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKACBL | COOPRATE BRANCH | Lahore | CORPORATE BRANCH LAHORE 2081 CORPORATE BRANCH GULBERG MM ALAM ROAD LAHORE LAHORE LAHORE PAKISTAN | — | 2024-10-05 |
| NBPAPKKACBM | COOPRATE BRANCH | Multan | CORPORATE BRANCH MULTAN CORPORATE BRANCH DAULAT GATE MULTAN MULTAN PAKISTAN | — | 2024-10-05 |
| NBPAPKKACOF | COOPRATE | Faisalabad | COOPRATE BRANCH FASILABAD FAISALABAD FAISALABAD PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKACPB | CORPORATE BRANCH | Karachi | CHAPAL PLAZA BUILDING HAZRAT MOHANI ROAD OFF II CHUNDRIGARD ROAD KARACHI KARACHI PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKAEPZ | EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE | Karachi | EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE BRANCH OFF- SHORE BANKING BRANCH EPZ KARACHI EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE- KEPZ KARACHI 75160 KARACHI PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKAISL | ISLAMIC BANKING BRANCH | Karachi | HEAD OFFICE BUILDING, SWIFT CENTER MAIN BRANCH FLOOR 3 II CHUNDRIGAR ROAD KARACHI 75700 KARACHI POB 4840 PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKAITD | TREASURY OPERATIONS DIVISION | Karachi | NBP HEAD OFFICE FLOOR 1 I.I. CHUNDRIGAR ROAD SINDH KARACHI KARACHI PAKISTAN | — | 2024-10-05 |
| NBPAPKKAMBR | MAIN BRANCH | Karachi | HEAD OFFICE BUILDING II CHUNDRIGAR ROAD KARACHI 75500 KARACHI POB 4937 PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKANEC | OVERSEAS BANKING OPERATIONS- HEAD OFFICE KARACHI | Karachi | KARACHI KARACHI PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
| NBPAPKKAPSU | PAYMENT SCREENING UNIT | Karachi | NBP EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE BRANCH, OFFSHORE BANKING DIV KARACHI EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE,KEPZ LANDHI, KARACHI KARACHI 75150 KARACHI PAKISTAN | — | 2024-04-13 |
| NBPAPKKARDA | ROSHAN DIGITAL REMITTANCES | Karachi | HEAD OFFICE BUILDING, SWIFT CENTER MAIN BRANCH FLOOR 3 II CHUNDRIGAR ROAD KARACHI 75700 KARACHI POB 4840 PAKISTAN | — | 2026-06-27 |
| NBPAPKKASMB | CORPORATE | Islamabad | SUPER MARKET ISLAMABAD ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN | — | 2023-07-26 |
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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