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In the past two decades, Central Depository Company has evolved as the infrastructure backbone and the Ultimate Custodian of the Pakistan Capital Market. Established as a securities depository, CDC is the sole entity handling the electronic (paperless) settlement of transactions carried out at the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Through efficient functioning of CDC, all the market settlement is in book entry form. As per the Companies Act, 2017, CDC holds the status of Public Interest Company & Large Sized Company since it holds assets of general public in fiduciary capacity. We are regulated by SECP and have offices in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. CDC is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified for Information Security Management and ISO/IEC 22301:2019 certified for its Business Continuity Management Program. It is also an Approved Employer by ACCA, ICAP, ICMAP, ICAEW and CIMA. CDC is a member of Asia-Pacific Central Securities Depository Group (ACG), which is an international organization facilitating the exchange of information, promoting mutual assistance among member securities depositories and clearing organizations in the Asia Pacific region. In September 2024, Mr. Badiuddin Akber, CEO of CDC, was elected as the Chairman of ACG for the term 2024-2027 at the 26th ACG Annual General Meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan. As a result, CDC has also become the ACG Secretariat for this term. This marks a significant achievement for CDC and a milestone for Pakistan in the global securities market. Late Mr. Muhammad Hanif Jakhura, CEO-CDC (2002-2017) was elected as the Executive Committee Chairman of ACG for the term of 2014-2016. By virtue of this election, CDC served as ACG Secretariat for the same term. Mr. Aftab Ahmed Diwan, CEO-CDC (2017-2018) served as the Vice Chairman of ACG Executive Committee and represented the Asia Pacific region on the board of World Forum of CSDs (WFC) which is a group of five regional CSD associations that include Asia-Pacific, Africa and Middle East, the Americas, Eurasia and Europe.
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- 021- 111111500
- CDC House, 99- B, Block B, S.M.C.H.S., Main Shahra- e- Faisal, Karachi- 74400.