Day: October 29, 2025

NBP Registers Record Profit of Rs. 23.3 Billion

Ahmed Raza
The NBP bank record profit

National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) reported after-tax profits of 23.3 billion rupees for the third quarter of 2025 (3QCY25), resulting in an increasing earnings per share (EPS) from last year’s 3.1 billion rupees to this year’s 10.83 rupees. This record 9 months to 2015 profit of 66.4 billion recorded a year-on-year increase of 16 times, mainly driven by stronger spreads, lower interest expense and more non-funded income. The bank’s net interest income hit Rs60.7bn in the 3QCY25 period, 74 per cent more than in the same period of last year.…

Rizwan has reportedly refused to sign the PCB’s new contract.

Ahmed Raza
Muhammad Rizwan donot sign the PCB's new contract.

According to media reports, Mohammad Rizwan has not signed the Pakistan Cricket Board’s central contract for 2025–26 and has asked the board for clarification after being moved from Category A to Category B. The PCB announced central contracts for 30 players running from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, placing players into Categories B, C and D and, unusually for this cycle, leaving Category A vacant. Both Rizwan and Babar Azam were in Category A last season but in the new structure, they were shunted into Category B—a move…