Governor SBP, Dr Reza Baqir, appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Council of IFSB.

KARACHI -- The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) Council in its 37 th meeting, held on 10 th December 2020, appointed Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Reza Baqir, as the Deputy Chairman of the Council for the year 2021. IFSB Council is the highest level policy making body comprising of the Central Bank Governors and heads of the leading regulatory and supervisory authorities. The announcement was made in the Council meeting chaired by Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, the Governor Bank Negara Malaysia, and was attended by the Central Bank Governors and heads of Regulatory and Supervisory Authorities of more than 20 countries.

During the meeting, Governor Dr Reza also participated in a tour de table discussion on economic and financial stability under COVID-19 pandemic. He shared with the Council members the measures taken by State Bank in combating COVID19 challenges by providing required liquidity support to banks through various regulatory interventions and concessionary refinance schemes to businesses through banks to avoid layoffs, directsupport for hospitals and for new investments. The IFSB, established in 2003 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is the international standard-setting organization that promotes the soundness and stability of global Islamic financial services by issuing prudential standards and guiding principles for the industry. Since its inception, IFSB has issued 22...