This study aims to examine how COVID-19 has
affected the sustainability of Pakistan's banking industry.
It is carried out to assess the banking industry's
sustainable indicators in CAELS approach which explain
Capital adequacy, Asset quality, liquidity Earnings
(Profitability) and sensitivity to market risk. The study was
conducted using a quantitative approach to determine the
pandemic's impact. The data for covid percentage was
taken from the World Health Organization's website and
data for sustainable indicators have been taken from the
State Bank of Pakistan's financial statement analysis of the
financial sector from 2017 to 2021. The sample size of
selected banks are 10 banks such as Askari Bank LTD,
Allied Bank LTD, Bank Al-falah LTD, Habib Bank LTD,
National Bank of Pakistan, Faysal Bank LTD, United
Bank LTD, MCB Ban LTD, JS bank LTD, and SILK bank
LTD. The research reveals a significant relationship
between Profitability in terms of non-markup/ interest
expense to total income which indicates a positive
relationship with covid 19. The correlation of liquidity in
terms of investment to total assets indicated a positively
significant relationship with Covid-19. Finally, the Capital
adequacy ratio in terms of Commitments & contingencies
to total equity indicated a negatively significant
relationship with covid-19. Besides all other selected
variables are non-significant and have no effect from
Covid-19.
Keywords :
Covid-19, Banking Sector, CAEL’s Rating System, Sustainability, Pandemic