Pakistan's banking industry remains healthy, growing its assets and deposits and showing improvements in asset quality and capital adequacy. Lower interest rates and investment returns have hurt profits, however, and are prompting a drive to diversify lending. The basic statistics reveal a sector that is in generally good shape. Assets in 2016 increased year on year by 11.9% to $151bn, according to the central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
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