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SBP appointment

RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Rafiquddin Mehkari, Executive Vice-president, Askari Commercial Bank Ltd. has been appointed as Director, Foreign Exchange Department, State Bank of Pakistan, Central Directorate, Karachi.

Mehkari's contractual appointment in the State Bank is for a period of two years. He brings to his new assignment 29 years of rich and varied experience in the field of foreign exchange and money market operations.