STRUCTURE &

FUNCTIONS OF STATE
BANK OF PAKISTAN
‫بینک دولت پاکستان‬
INTRODUCTION
A universal monetary institute in modern times

Constitutes the apex of the money structure of

an economy.

 Acts as the leader of the money market .

Supervises, controls and regulates the activities

of commercial banks.
DEFINITION

“Institute charged with the

responsibility of managing the
expansion and contraction of
the volume of money in the
interest of the general public
welfare.”
GOVERNOR
The principal officer of the SBP is the
Governor. The current Governor of
State Bank of Pakistan is “Syed Salim
Raza” who took over from “Dr.
Shamshad” in January 2009 for a three
year term. He is a retired professional
from Citibank and was the Chairman of
Pakistan Business Council.
ADMINISTRATIVE
ORGANIZATION
To run and monitor the bank it is divided into
three parts.

 CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(High Level of Management)

 CENTRAL DIRECTORS
(Middle Level of Management)

 FIELD OFFICE
(Low Level of Management)
CENTRAL BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
This board comprises :
GOVERNOR 1
DEPUTY GOVERNOR 1
DIRECTORS 8
TOTAL 10

Governor, Deputy Governor and seven directors

are nominated by Federal Government. The
either director is the head of ministry of Finance.
CENTRAL DIRECTORS
The central directorate consist of
fifteen department and every
department is headed by a director.
Public Relationship and Secretary’s
department are directly accountable
to deputy Governor.
Research & Statistic department work
under economics advisor.
The remaining eleven department
work under four executive director.
FIELD OFFICE

The Head office of the bank is in

Karachi.
 SHARE CAPITAL
At the time of its establishment the “State
Bank of Pakistan” was semi-government.

Its 51% shares were held by the government

and 49% by the general public.

At the time of Nationalization in 1974 its paid

up capital was Rs. 30 Million.
IMPORTANCE
To control credit.

To issue Paper currency.

To iron out economic crisis.

To implement Monetary and financial

Policies.
FUNCTIONS OF SBP
Issuer of Paper Currency Bank’s Supervision
Bankers to Government
Implement the
Banker’s To Bank
Monetary Policy
Exchange Rate
Acts as a Clearing
Management
House
Non-traditional Role
CREDIT CONTROL MEASURES

GENERAL CREDIT CONTROLS SELECTIVE CREDIT CONTROLS

Bank Rate Ceiling on Credit

Open market Margin

operations Requirements
Cash Reserve Ratio Directives

Statutory Liquidity Moral Suasion

Ratio
 CONCLUSION
oState Bank of Pakistan is not a Profit
Hunting Institution. Profit is its
secondary objective. Its Primary
function is to stimulate economic
growth of the Country.

oIt reveals complete Transparency, &

Prudence in Nations Economy.

oSo it clearly Justifies the Need &

Importance of The State Bank of
Pakistan .
 FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY
Department Of Economics
(2009-2010)

Course Instructor : Miss Nargis

MEF Semester I

Prepared By:
Mohammad Sarwat
Jawaid
Mohsin Toufeeq
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