US Ambassador to Pakistan, Ryan C Crocker has said that more than 50,000 families will benefit from Khushhali Bank programmes in Fata with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAid).
He expressed these views while addressing a gathering of Khushhali Bank clients and staff here on Wednesday. The US Ambassador congratulated Khushhali Bank on their achievements over the past three years.
He said that creating employment and helping small-scale businesses in Pakistan was an important goal of US. Through micro-finance, USAid is helping provide impetus to sustained economic growth and fight poverty, he added. The US Ambassador specifically encouraged women clients to diligently work for their economic development with Kushhali Bank's participation.
He said that with the assistance of the USAid , the bank had opened 22 branches, including two in Khyber and Kurram agency of FATA, hired nearly 200 loan officers in the field and has disbursed more than 200,000 loans to clients in FATA, Balochistan and Sindh.
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