Askari Bank Limited, Wholesale Bank (Branch) – Bahrain, is the first overseas branch of Askari Bank Limited – Pakistan. Bahrain Branch was registered in Bahrain on 31 December 2002 and commenced its operations on 3 April 2003 in accordance with an Offshore Banking Unit license issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB). Effective 1 July 2006, the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) introduced a new integrated licensing framework, under which the Branch continues its entire existing suite of permitted operations under a new conventional wholesale bank license.
