State Bank Governors of Pakistan

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is the central bank of Pakistan. While its constitution, as originally laid down in the State Bank of Pakistan Order 1948, remained basically unchanged until January 1, 1974, when the bank was nationalized, the scope of its functions was considerably enlarged. The State Bank of Pakistan Act 1956,[1] with subsequent amendments, forms the basis of its operations today. The headquarters are located in the financial capital of Pakistan, Karachi whereas the bank has a fully owned subsidiary with the name SBP Baking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC) which is the operational arm of the central bank and has branch offices in 15 cities across Pakistan, including the capital city, Islamabad and the four provincial capitals and has head office in Karachi. State bank has other fully owned subsidiaries as well namely, I) National Institute of Banking and Finance (NIBAF) which is the training arm of the bank and also provides training to commercial banks, 2) Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) and recently SBP was given ownership of 3) Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (PSPC) as well.

Sr No.	Name	From	To	Image
1	(Late) MR. ZAHID HUSSAIN	10-06-1948	19-07-1953
2	(Late) MR. ABDUL QADIR	20-07-1953	19-07-1960
3	(Late) MR. S.A. HASNIE	20-07-1960	19-07-1967
4	(Late) MR. MAHBUBUR RASHID	20-07-1967	01-07-1971
5	(Late) MR. S.U. DURRANI	01-07-1971	22-12-1971
6	(Late) MR. GHULAM ISHAQ KHAN	22-12-1971	30-11-1975
7	(Late) MR. S. OSMAN ALI	01-12-1975	01-07-1978
8	MR. A.G.N. KAZI	15-07-1978	09-07-1986
09	(Late) MR. V.A. JAFAREY	10-07-1986	16-08-1988
10	MR. I.A. HANFI	FIRST TERM (17-08-1988 To 02-09-1989)	SECOND TERM (01-09-1990 To 30-06-1993)
11	MR. KASSIM PAREKH	05-09-1989	30-08-1990
12	DR. MUHAMMAD YAQUB	25-07-1993	05-11-1999
13	DR. ISHRAT HUSAIN	02-12-1999	01-12-2005
14	DR. SHAMSHAD AKHTAR	02-01-2006	01-01-2009
15	SYED SALIM RAZA	02-01-2009	02-06-2010
16	MR. SHAHID HAFIZ KARDAR	09-09-2010	18-07-2011
17	MR. YASEEN ANWAR	20-10-2011	31-01-2014
18	Mr. Ashraf Mahmood Wathra (Acting)	January 31, 2014	28 April 2017
19	Mr. Tariq Bajwa	7 July 2017	Present