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What is last date for redemption of Rs40,000 prize bonds

ISLAMABAD: Regulators are at odds over the last date for conversion/redemption of Rs40,000 denomination national prize bonds, which created distress amongst the prize bondholders. A public notice was issued by the Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) in February 2021, that the government had discontinued the sale of National Prize Bonds (Bearer) of Rs25,000 and […]

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FATF

Biometric verification of all saving scheme investors to be conducted under FATF recommendations

ISLAMABAD: The government will conduct biometric verification of all investors of National Saving Schemes in order to make compliance with recommendations of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a statement issued by Finance Division said on Saturday. Asia Pacific Group in its recently published Mutual Evaluation Report (MER 2019), has pointed out number of deficiencies on […]

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National Savings

Law drafted to examine national saving schemes investments for money laundering, terror financing

ISLAMABAD: The government has draft law to examine involvement of money laundering and terror financing in investment made in national saving schemes. The ministry of finance on Thursday issued draft rules namely National Saving Schemes (AML and CFT) Rules, 2019. Under the draft rules, the Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) would conduct customers due […]

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Bearer prize bonds of Rs40,000 worth Rs233 billion documented

KARACHI: People have documented an amount of Rs233 billion invested in bearer prize bonds of Rs40,000 denominations following the government announcement of discontinuation. According to statistics of Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) people have Rs323 billion bearer bonds of Rs40,000 denomination by October 2019, which is around 90 percent of the total invested amount […]

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Prize Bonds

Investment in premium prize bonds surges by 157 percent

KARACHI: The investment in premium prize bonds of Rs40,000 denomination has witnessed unprecedented growth of 157 percent after the government announcement to discontinue bearer prize bonds of same denomination. According to official documents, the investment in premium prize bonds of Rs40,000 denomination surged by 157 percent to Rs15.86 billion by September 2019 as compared with […]

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