KARACHI, May 12: The first series of DAWN Asia Finance Conference —“Asian banking: a paradigm shift” — begins at the Sheraton Hotel today.

The two-day conference will be attended by leading authorities from the banking sector and CEOs of leading local and foreign banks in Pakistan, says a press release.

The aim of the conference is to cover various aspects of the banking sector such as risk management, microfinance and SME finance, human resource in banking, relationship management, Islamic banking, investment banking, credit quality, NPA Management and the future vision of banks.

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