bank limited type public company industry finance founded 1961 headquarters islamabad pakistan key people syed talat mehmood president products banking & insurance products revenue pkr 8.484 billion as dec. 31st 2008 total assets pkr 8.484 billion as dec. 31st 2008 number of employees 5 500 1 website 1 zarai taraqiati bank limited ztbl headquarters the zarai taraqiati bank limited ztbl formerly known as agricultural development bank of pakistan is the largest public sector financial development institution in pakistan . the bank serves around half a million clients annually and has over one million accumulated account holders and a wide network of 32 zonal offices 9 audit zones and 436 branches in the country . ztbl is also providing branch less banking facility to its customers through upaisa a joint effort by ztbl and u microfinance bank limited . 2 contents 1 history 2 products and services 3 credit rating 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit agricultural development finance corporation was created in 1952 under a central act for the purpose of expanding financial facilities and promoting the development and modernization of agriculture in pakistan . in 1957 the agricultural bank of pakistan was established and advanced both short and long term loans . both these institutions were merged as agricultural development bank of pakistan in february 1961 . on december 14 2002 the federal government converted the agricultural development bank of pakistan adbp into zarai taraqiati bank ltd ztbl . the new corporate structure redefined the banks as a single public limited company with an independent board of directors . 3 zarai taraqiati bank ztbl was registered under the companies ordinance 1984 and all assets liabilities and proceedings were transferred to and vested in zari taraqiati bank with effect from december 14 2002 . 4 products and services edit supervised agricultural credit scheme deposits fixed saving current accounts & zarai bachaat scheme upaisa branch less banking facility loan schemes 5 home remittance hajj applications one window operation revolving finance scheme rfs sada bahar scheme sbs crop maximization project 6 credit rating edit in may 2013 ztbl continued to achieve a aaa credit rating by jcr vis credit rating company limited 7 year entity stand alone outlook 2013 aaa a 1 b b stable 2012 aaa a 1 b b stable see also edit pakistan state bank of pakistan economy of pakistan national bank of pakistan references edit archived copy . archived from the original on november 25 2010 . retrieved july 28 2010 . archived copy . archived from the original on august 17 2009 . retrieved july 17 2009 . ztbl brief http www.pakissan.com 2002 english news december adbp.convert.ztb.shtml http www.dawn.com 2002 12 15 ebr4.htm http ztbl.com.pk loanschemes.aspx http www.dawn.com 2011 05 07 ztbl told to seek international donors help.html http ztbl.com.pk documents credit ztblcreditratingonmay2013.pdf external links edit agriculture technology of ztbl kissan support services pvt ltd pakistan agri community for better farming association of development financing institutions in asia & pacific coordinates 33 41 52 n 73 03 51 e 33.6977 n 73.0641 e 33.6977 ; 73.0641 v t e banking in pakistan central bank state bank of pakistan big four hbl pakistan mcb bank limited national bank of pakistan united bank limited pakistan commercial banking allied bank limited askari bank atlas bank bank al habib bank alfalah bank of khyber bank of punjab faysal bank first women bank habib metropolitan bank industrial development bank js bank nib bank sindh bank soneri bank summit bank zarai taraqiati bank limited microfinance banking finca microfinance bank limited first microfinance bank pakistan khushhali bank nrsp microfinance bank tameer microfinance bank limited islamic banking bankislami pakistan burj bank dubai islamic bank pakistan limited meezan bank foreign banks barclays hsbc bank middle east royal bank of scotland standard chartered pakistan defunct banks bank of credit and commerce international kasb bank mybank picic commercial bank union bank see also list of banks in pakistan pakistan remittance initiative pakistani bankers institute of bankers pakistan national institute of banking and finance category is wholly owned by government of pakistan with 57 % of its shares held by federal government 36 % by state bank of pakistan and 7 % by provincial governments and other public sector corporations . its board of directors consisting of the representatives of private sector is appointed by ministry of finance government of pakistan . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zarai taraqiati bank limited & oldid 738281572 categories banks of pakistanpakistan federal departments and agencies1961 establishments in pakistanhidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 00 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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