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title: "Samba Bank appoints Fahad Ali Al Hunaiti as chairman"
description: "Both outlets reported the appointment of Fahad Ali Al Hunaiti as chairman of Samba Bank Limited, replacing Mustafa Ilyas. Business Recorder provided slightly more detail, noting that Al Hunaiti is a Non-Executive Director and that the announcement was shared with the Pakistan Stock Exchange. ProPakistani mentioned the change in leadership and the replacement of the previous chairman but did not include the procedural or governance context provided by Business Recorder."
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# Samba Bank appoints Fahad Ali Al Hunaiti as chairman

business · latest filing 20 Aug 2026, 4:04 PM PKT · 20 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported the appointment of Fahad Ali Al Hunaiti as chairman of Samba Bank Limited, replacing Mustafa Ilyas. Business Recorder provided slightly more detail, noting that Al Hunaiti is a Non-Executive Director and that the announcement was shared with the Pakistan Stock Exchange. ProPakistani mentioned the change in leadership and the replacement of the previous chairman but did not include the procedural or governance context provided by Business Recorder.

## Same story from 2 outlets

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- **ProPakistani** — [Samba Bank Appoints New Chairman](https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/20/samba-bank-appoints-new-chairman/) · 20 Aug 2026, 4:04 PM PKT
  > Fahad Ali Al Hunaiti has been appointed chairman of the board of Samba Bank Limited (PSX: SBL), replacing Mustafa Ilyas,… Read More The post Samba Bank Appoints New Chairman appeared first on ProPakistani.
- **Business Recorder** — [Samba Bank apppoints Fahad Ali Al Hunaiti as chairman](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435755/samba-bank-apppoints-fahad-ali-al-hunaiti-as-chairman) · 20 Aug 2026, 3:20 PM PKT · 92% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Samba Bank Limited (SBL) appointed on Thursday Fahad Ali Al Hunaiti, Non-Executive Director, as Chairman of its Board of Directors. The listed bank shared the development in a notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) today. The appointment comes after Mustafa Ilyas, Non-Executive Director & Chairman of the bank, resigned from the office of the Board of Directors with effect from August 1...

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- [Samba Bank Chairman Mustafa Ilyas Resigns from Board](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3548-samba-bank-chairman-mustafa-ilyas-resigns) · 17 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 77% related

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