KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has won Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s annual Trade Finance Programme award-2018 for emerging as the leading partner bank of the ADB in Pakistan.

The award was presented to the National Bank for the highest number of transactions with TFP in Pakistan during the period July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, said a statement.

Shaikh Tariq Abdullah, Head Financial Institutions, International Banking Group, National Bank of Pakistan received this prestigious award on behalf of the bank in the Trade Finance Programme (TFP) Awards and Partners dinner held in Singapore recently.

The NBP also received "Trade Deal of the Year Award" in last year's ADB TFP Awards.