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Pakistan nominates Jameel Ahmad as central bank governor

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KARACHI—Pakistan's government has appointed Jamir Ahmad as the new central bank governor, who will serve his five-year term. Yes, the Treasury Department said in a statement on Friday.

Ahmad was a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank prior to his promotion. The central government has not had a full-time governor since his May and has been run by an acting governor. (Reporting by Syed Raza Hassan; Writing by Gibran Peshimam; Editing by Mark Heinrich)