Islamabad, June 08, 2022 (PPI-OT):President Dr. Arif Alvi has urged the need to economically empower women by improving their ability to freely and equally participate in economic activities. Addressing the 1st Business Women Excellence Awards, organized by the Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Islamabad on Wednesday, he asked the society to play its role for women inclusion in the economy of the country.

Highlighting status of the woman in Islam, he said Hazrat Khadijah was also a business woman. He said Islam provided inheritance rights fourteen hundred years ago. The President said artificial intelligence has provided an opportunity to the women to put their efforts for the progress of country. He said banking is now easy due to availability of softwares allowing customers to open their accounts while being at home.

He urged Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry to educate and help women to become entrepreneurs. He said that Pakistan is fully cognizant of the existing issues and problems being faced by women entrepreneurs and significant initiatives had been undertaken for their facilitation and economic, social, political and economic empowerment.

He further said that State Bank of Pakistan has launched a refinance cum credit guarantee scheme for women borrowers across the country, under which the banks are providing financing facilities to women entrepreneurs to meet the credit needs of their businesses.

The President congratulated the winners of the First Business Women Excellence Awards and expressed the hope that the winners would serve as the beacons of hope and role models for young women entrepreneurs of the country. Earlier, Dr. Arif Alvi distributed awards among best performing women.

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