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      <title>Government reduces profit rates on National Savings schemes</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The government has announced a reduction in profit rates on national savings schemes by up to two per cent, following a recent interest rate cut by the State Bank of Pakistan.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But profit rates for Special Saving Certificates, Accounts, Serva Islamic Term Accounts, and Serva Islamic Savings Accounts would remain unchanged.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The profit rate for Regular Income Certificates has been lowered from 12% to 11.88% annually, according to a notification released by the Central Directorate of National Savings on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Moreover, the profit rate for Behbood Savings Certificates has decreased from 13.92% to 13.68% annually and the same reduction applies to Pensioners’ Certificates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The profit rate for Shaheed Families Welfare Accounts has also been reduced from 13.92% to 13.68% annually.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read more&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Adjustments have been made to short-term certificates as well, with the profit for three-month certificates dropping from Rs3,190 per Rs100,000 to Rs2,810 and for six-month certificates from Rs6,370 to Rs5,660. One-year short-term certificates have seen a reduction from Rs12,380 to Rs11,380 per 100,000.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the profit rate for savings accounts has been cut from 13.50% to 11.50% annually while rates for Serva Islamic Term Accounts and Serva Islamic Savings Accounts remain unchanged.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The government has announced a reduction in profit rates on national savings schemes by up to two per cent, following a recent interest rate cut by the State Bank of Pakistan.</strong></p>
<p>But profit rates for Special Saving Certificates, Accounts, Serva Islamic Term Accounts, and Serva Islamic Savings Accounts would remain unchanged.</p>
<p>The profit rate for Regular Income Certificates has been lowered from 12% to 11.88% annually, according to a notification released by the Central Directorate of National Savings on Thursday.</p>
<p>Moreover, the profit rate for Behbood Savings Certificates has decreased from 13.92% to 13.68% annually and the same reduction applies to Pensioners’ Certificates.</p>
<p>The profit rate for Shaheed Families Welfare Accounts has also been reduced from 13.92% to 13.68% annually.</p>
<p><strong>Read more</strong></p>
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<p><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330392617/government-cuts-profit-rates-on-national-savings-schemes">Government cuts profit rates on National Savings Schemes</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/30344902/cdna-reduces-profit-on-national-savings-schemes">CDNA reduces profit on National Savings schemes</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://english.aaj.tv/news/330381017/federal-govt-reduces-profit-rates-for-national-savings-schemes">Federal govt reduces profit rates for national savings schemes</a></p>
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<p>Adjustments have been made to short-term certificates as well, with the profit for three-month certificates dropping from Rs3,190 per Rs100,000 to Rs2,810 and for six-month certificates from Rs6,370 to Rs5,660. One-year short-term certificates have seen a reduction from Rs12,380 to Rs11,380 per 100,000.</p>
<p>Furthermore, the profit rate for savings accounts has been cut from 13.50% to 11.50% annually while rates for Serva Islamic Term Accounts and Serva Islamic Savings Accounts remain unchanged.</p>
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