United Bank Limited
Profile
- Shares outstanding
- 2,504,247,750
- Free float
- 35.00%
- Address
- 13th Floor, UBL Building, Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area, Islamabad.
Background
Pakistani commercial bank
United Bank Limited is a Pakistani bank headquartered at I.I. Chundrigar Road in Karachi. It is a subsidiary of British multinational conglomerate, Bestway Group. Founded by Agha Hasan Abedi in 1959, UBL saw its first branch open on I.I. Chundrigar Road in November of the same year. By 1960, the bank had additional branches in Lahore and Faisalabad, as well as Dhaka, Chittagong, and Narayanganj in what was then East Pakistan. The bank was nationalized by the Government of Pakistan in 1974 through the Banks Nationalization Act. The government sold its majority stake in 2002 to Abu Dhabi Group and Bestway Group who retain control to date as of 2025.
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Director disclosures
5 director disclosures filed in the past 30 days.(elevated activity)
- 2026-07-01 · 2:48 PM · Filing
- 2026-06-24 · 2:49 PM · Filing
- 2026-06-22 · 10:48 AM · Filing
- 2026-06-17 · 10:29 AM · Filing
- 2026-06-16 · 10:30 AM · Filing
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