SINGAPORE - Singapore state investor Temasek is looking to sell its
88.6 percent stake in Pakistan's NIB Bank after heavy losses, the
Business Times reported on Thursday quoting a source.
The paper also said NIB had suffered a cumulative net loss of about
17 billion Pakistan rupees (S$245.6 million) since Temasek first
invested in the bank in early 2005.
Business Times quoted a Temasek spokesman as saying the firm did not
comment on market speculation. The Singapore state investor could not
immediately be contacted by Reuters for comment.
Reuters reported last month that Khawaja Iqbal Hassan, who was
instrumental in bringing Temasek as an investor, had stepped down as CEO
of NIB and that Singapore was looking at a paper loss of about US$400
million of its US$540 million investment.
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