Regulatory Alerts2025-11-04 | No. D-S&DSD/337866Statistics on Corporate Governance of Banks, DFIs and MFBs
The State Bank of Pakistan’s Statistics and Data Services Department requires all banks, development finance institutions, and microfinance banks to submit annual corporate governance statistics. Institutions must email the completed data file within thirty days of this circular for calendar years 2020 to 2024, and subsequently within fifteen days after each annual financial reporting period closes. This standardized data collection supports risk management, regulatory disclosures, institutional efficiency, and national financial stability policy formulation.
Circulars/Notifications / Statistics and Data Services Department
No. D-S&DSD/337866
November 04, 2025
The Presidents/ Chief Executives All Banks/MFBs/DFIs
Dear Sir/Madam,
Subject: Statistics on Corporate Governance of Banks/ DFIs/ MFBs
Please refer to BPRD Circular No. 05 dated November 22, 2021 on Corporate Governance Regulatory Framework ( https://www.sbp.org.pk/bprd/2021/C5.htm ) and ACFID Circular No. 01 dated May 16, 2025 on Revised Prudential Regulations (PRs) for Microfinance Banks ( https://www.sbp.org.pk/acd/2025/C1.htm ).
Keeping in view the importance of statistics on Corporate Governance of Banks/DFIs/MFBs in areas like Risk Management, Necessary Disclosures, Efficiency and Soundness of Banks/DFIs/MFBs and, more importantly, country’s Financial Stability related policy formulation and implementation, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to collect subject data, regularly, at annual frequency.
Please submit the enclosed file, filled in by or on behalf of company secretary, for the Calendar Year (CY) 2020 to 2024 to Statistics and Data Services Department (SDSD) of SBP, through email ( Banking.Statistics@sbp.org.pk ), within 30 days of this communication. Going forward, subject data is required to be submitted, through above email to this Department, regularly within 15 days, of the period closed for your Banks/DFIs/MFBs’ annual financial reports.
In case of any query, please contact Mr. Sohail Haider (through above email or telephone: 021-33138289).
ANNEXURE
Yours sincerely
Sd/-
(Dr. Muhammad Nadim Hanif) Director