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Wednesday November 06, 2024

Potential for region specific products highlighted

By Bureau report
October 05, 2024
The 8th Regional Agriculture Coordination Committee meeting of the Bank of Khyber in progress at its Head Office in Peshawar on Oct 4, 2024. — Facebook/BankofKhyber
The 8th Regional Agriculture Coordination Committee meeting of the Bank of Khyber in progress at its Head Office in Peshawar on Oct 4, 2024. — Facebook/BankofKhyber

PESHAWAR: The 8th Regional Agriculture Coordination Committee meeting of the Bank of Khyber highlighted the potential for region specific products to benefit a broad range of borrowers and farmers.

The Committee, which included all agriculture lending banks of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, operates under the Lead/Champion Bank model envisioned by the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

Regional heads of various banks, with Syed Irfan Ali, Executive Director Financial Inclusion, SBP, Irfan Saleem Awan, MD/CEO (A) and CFO, BoK, Waqar Ali, Chief Manager SBP BSC Peshawar, Imran Yaqub, Head AFD BoK and others attended the meeting.The meeting focused on the government’s priorities for agriculture and SMEs with special attention to digitization and its potential in the banking sector.