Report of the Central Board of Directors of the State Bank of Pakistan for the year ended 30th June 2002


Acknowledgement

In the preparation of this Report, efforts of the following individuals should be acknowledged:

 

Chapter 2-4:

 

Muhammad Mazherul-Haq (Agriculture); Fida Hussain (Manufacturing); Sardar Shah, Moinuddin, and Abid Qamar (Services, Savings & Investment); Mahmood-ul-Hasan Khan (Fiscal); Sardar Shah and Riaz Riazuddin (Prices), and, Tasneem Alam (Energy)

 

Chapter 5-7: 

 

 Mohib Kamal Azmi and Abid Qamar (Money & Credit); Mazhar Khan (Money

Markets); Muhammad Amin Khan Lodhi (Banking); and Muhammad Waheed (Capital Market). Muhammed Amin Khan Lodhi also contributed the section on Interest Rate Spread and Banking Efficiency

 

Chapter 8-9:

 

Syed Sajid Ah and Adil Mehboob (Exchange Rate); Syed Muhammad Tariq (Trade);

and, Zulfiqar Hyder, Moinuddin and Shahbaz Nasir (Balance of Payments). Mahmood-ul-Hasan Khan and Zulfiqar Hyder also take credit for the chapter on Pakistan's domestic and external debt.

 

Chapter 10:

 

Muhammad Ayub, and Munir Ahmed (Islamization of Financial System in Pakistan)

 

Chapter 11:

 

Syed Sajid Ali, and Riaz Riazuddin (Socioeconomic Update)

 

In addition, the following team members provided valuable research assistance:

 

Asma Khalid, Ghazi Rahman, Iffat Mustafa, Misbah Manzoor, Sadia Badar, Sadia Hafeez Ahmed, Shahbaz Nasir, Syeda Sabina Batool Kazmi, and Waheed Akram. The contributions by Waheed Akram, Iffat Mustafa, Saadia Hafeez Ahmad, and Sadia Badar, were particularly notable.

 

Special thanks to Syed Sajid Ali, Moinuddin, Mohib Kamal, Abid Qamar, Syed Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Amin Khan Lodhi and Riaz Riazuddin (Director, Research) for editorial assistance. Ownership for format changes goes to Shahbaz Nasir. The efforts of Database Group of Research (Abdul Faheem, Tasneem Alam, Salman Ahmed and Mazhar Hussain) in terms of maintaining and re-checking data is also appreciated. Data support from the Economic Policy, Statistics, and Banking Supervision

 

Departments is duly acknowledged.

 

Mansoor Ali

The Research Team