KARACHI: Speakers of a session titled ‘Financial Inclusion And Women Empowerment’ underlined on Sunday the need to strengthen Pakistani women with more financial autonomy and equal status in working environment. Minister Asad Umer, speaking on the occasion, said the State Bank of Pakistan needed to revise its strategy for inclusion of more women. The minister commented on how policymaking could prove to be a game-changer in terms of financial inclusion and help SBP in increasing the number of women bank accounts. He pointed out that only 17pc women in Pakistan possessed bank accounts as compared to 50 per cent ratio in countries like Pakistan. He underlined the need for financial inclusion of women.

Source: Pakistan Today March 01, 2020 19:52 UTC