Four clients of The First MicroFinanceBank Pakistan (an institution of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance) received awards for their entrepreneurial skills at the 9th Citi-PPAF Micro-entrepreneurship Awards held recently. Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal along with Adriano Chiodi Cainfarani, Ambassador of Italy were the Chief Guests for the occasion.
FMFB-P's client Sabir Shah from Gujranwala won the runner-up award under the "National Micro-Entrepreneur Award - Special Category" at the Citi-PPAF Micro-entrepreneurship awards and was awarded a cash prize of Rs180,000. Another FMFB client, Afsar Ali hailing from Karachi won the runners up Young Entrepreneur award. Nargis Bibi from Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan won the Regional MicroEntrepreneurship Award while Bibi Rano, resident of Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan was the runner-up in the regional category.
The objective of the Citi-PPAF Micro-entrepreneurship Awards Programme is to illustrate and promote the effective role that micro-finance plays in poverty alleviation. It recognises the extraordinary contributions that individual micro-entrepreneurs have made to the economic sustainability of their families as well as their communities.-PR
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