ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has urged listed companies to ensure that their annual and quarterly financial statements are submitted in both the PDF and MS Excel formats. In a statement released on Friday, the commission noted that consequent to the promulgation of the Companies Act of 2017, every listed company was required to send electronic copies of its annual financial statements along with the auditors’ report, the directors’ report and the chairman review report, in addition to the copies sent through post. Published in Daily Times, December 16th 2017.