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Askari Bank

opens branch

in Hyderabad

HAFEEZ SHAIKH

HYDERABAD: The Adjutant General of Pakistan Army (G.H.Q) Lt General, Moeenuddin Haider inaugurated the main branch of "Askari Commercial Bank Ltd." at Saddar Bazar Hyderabad here on Thursday.

The president of the bank Shameem Ahmed, a large number of army officers and leaders of trade and industry including Seth Inayat Ullah Barkat Bhai and Seth Roshan Ali Abbas Bhai of Fateh Group, former office bearers of the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry messrs. Imad Siddiqui, Turab Ali, Syed Musarrat Hussain, Shakir Memon and Maqsood Ahmed Khan, chairman Hyderabad SITE Association Mazharul Haq and others attended the inauguration ceremony.

This is the sixteenth branch of the budding bank in Pakistan.