National Bank of Pakistan is a premier financial institution offering wide range of products for all categories of customers and economy through its large network across the country. A market leader in consumer finance, agriculture finance, corporate credit and branded products like Advance Salary, Saibaan, Cash n' Gold, SME Karsaz is now offering a unique product of national importance "President's Rozgar Scheme” of NBP. This was disclosed by NBP President Mr. S. Ali Raza while addressing the Regional Management Teams at a Conference in Karachi . The senior management of NBP and members of new Regional Management Teams selected through a systematic screenic process comprising written test, group discussions and interviews to ensuring transparency and merit throughout, were present. The Bank has its network of branches consisting of 29 regions to serve largest customer base the country with utmost operational efficiency and customer focus.

NBP President emphasized that going forward his strategy is to provide top quality human resource and state of the art technology to the Bank to leverage its strengths in providing the quality customer service and high value financial solutions.

Mr. S. Ali Raza further emphasized to the newly formed RMTs to take up the national challenge to market the new NBP product "President's Rozgar Scheme” a success through commitment, dedication and customer focus. He further went on to say that NBP is aware of current corporate challenges to leverage the franchise for the benefit of the bank, country and employees. He said that Rozgar Scheme is a public private partnership and a unique scheme to increase the economic activities, reduce unemployment and alleviate poverty at grass root level. He said that NBP is very shortly opening its branches in Saudi Arabia and India to leverage the opportunities of trade, investment, capital and remittances in these markets. NBP has a unique franchise to respond such like challenges through its presence in Central Asia .

NBP President added that his vision about NBP is to make this bank a financial super market and super regional bank of Central Asia , Middle East and South Asia .

On this occasion the President launched the first issue of NBP HR News Letter "HR News-line" and asked the HR Group to covert into a Newsletter of NBP. Earlier, Dr. Mirza Abrar Baig, SEVP & Group Chief, Human Resource Group, welcoming the newly selected members of RMTs highlighted the details of selection process, other HR initiative and informed the participants about the steps taken to provide high value human capital to the bank through such strategic moves NBP Management Trainee Officers Scheme with 4th batch in process creation of talent pool, recruitment of female branch managers, induction of audit trainees, hiring of young and qualified youth from Balochistan, jobs for homeless widows and relatives of earthquake victims, all are gearing up the business strategies and operations of bank.

Afternoon session was addressed by the Group Chiefs, Commercial Banking, Operations, Retail Banking, Compliance, Audit and Risk Management who emphasized the field functionaries to serve with commitment dedication and customer focus.

Qamar Husain
Senior Vice President