ISLAMABAD: The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd (ZTBL) has been declared as the best performing bank by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for giving financial knowledge to maximum people across the country under National Financial Literacy Program.

National Financial Literacy Program (NFLP) is a five-year program initiated by SBP and funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB). The program was launched with the objective to financially literate the masses all across the country and inculcate importance of savings.

The SBP had allocated targets to all banks/ DFIs to conduct sessions for the awareness of public for each financial year. ZTBL was allocated target of 310 sessions for the year 2020-21 while the bank conducted 1462 sessions involving 47,402 participants with 67 percent of women participants. “This is a huge achievement and moment of pride for ZTBL for clinching the title of Best Performing Bank of the Year 2021. We are optimistic that we will shine again in year 2022,” Mirza Rasheed-ud-Din, Head Staff College Department, ZTBL said.

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