The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited
Press Release
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Rating Action
Lahore: (05-January-2006)
   

PACRA Withdraws the Ratings of Saudi Pak Commercial Bank Limited (SPBL)

 

 
Analyst
Moin Khalid
(+92-42-586 9504)
moin@pacra.com

 

 

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Following the decision of the management of Saudi Pak Commercial Bank Limited to terminate their rating relationship with PACRA, PACRA has withdrawn its credit ratings for the bank (long-term ‘BBB’ and short-term ‘A3’), notified in June 2005.
 
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