Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited

Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited has announced following rates of return on various deposits and savings accounts, to be used for determining the profits on PLS deposits maintained with the Bank for the period from July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2005. These rates are however subject to other terms and conditions of account:

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                             July - December 2006

Saving Products

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Supersave                              upto 2.25%

Privilege                              upto 2.25%

High Yield Saving                       upto 4.0%

Flex Account                                0.50%

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Term Deposit

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7 days                                      3.50%

14 days                                     3.50%

1 month                                     3.75%

3 months                                    3.80%

6 months                                    5.00%

1 year                                      6.25%

2 years                                     6.55%

3 years                                     5.75%

4 years                                     6.75%

5 years                                     6.75%

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