Habib Bank Plaza (Urdu: حبیب بینک پلازا), also known as HBL Plaza, located on I. I. Chundrigar Road in Karachi,[4] Sindh, Pakistan,[5] is the head office of Habib Bank Limited.
It was also the tallest building in South Asia until 1972, when it was surpassed by Express Towers, in India.
[6] It remained the tallest building in Pakistan for four decades until the 29-floor and 116m tall MCB Tower was built, also in Karachi.
[7][8] HBL Plaza was inaugurated to mark the 25th anniversary of the bank,[9] and started its operations on 4 September 1971.
[10][11] The Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, the official moon-sighting body in Pakistan, has regularly used the building over the years to convene meetings for moon sighting.