KARACHI: Investment in premium prize bonds registered 100 per cent growth; following the ban on the bearer prize bonds and initiative of the government to comply with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) conditions.
According to State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday, the investment in registered prize bonds worth Rs25,000 and Rs40,000 denominations posted an increase of 100.1 per cent to Rs38.40 billion by the end of May 2020, compared with Rs19.19 billion by the end of the corresponding period of the last year.
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Later, through a notification on December 10, 2020, the circulation of Rs25,000 denomination national prize bonds was stopped from circulation.
Most recently, the government in April 2021 had decided to stop the circulation of Rs7,500 and Rs15,000 bearer prize bonds. People have been given the option to convert/exchange Rs15,000, Rs25,000, and Rs40,000 bearer prize bonds by September 30, 2021.
Moreover, the bonds can be converted to Premium Prize Bonds (Registered) through the 16 field offices of the State Bank of Pakistanās Banking Services Corporations.
Also, bonds can be encashed by transferring the proceeds to the holdersā bank account through the SBPās field offices, authorised commercial banks or the National Savings Centres.
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