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August 11, 2011, Khushhalibank celebrates its 11th anniversary today, with a resolve to take on new challenges and setting further milestones as a pioneer in microfinance banking in Pakistan.                  May 05, 2011 , Khushhalibank and Western Union signed an agreement to introduce international inbound remittance services in 76 districts across Pakistan where Khushhalibank operates. This agreement makes KBL the first microfinance institution in Pakistan to introduce the cross border inbound remittance service, thereby facilitating a large segment of rural population to receive money from overseas through Khushhalibank’s wide network of 109 branches.                  May 03, 2011 , JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Limited (JCR-VIS) has upgraded the entity ratings of Khushhalibank, to ‘A’ (Single A) from ‘A-’ (Single A Minus) for the medium to long-term and A-1 (A One) from A-2 (A Two) for the short-term. The ratings reflect Khushhalibank’s ability to withstand tough operating environment and maintain its market standing. It also highlights the bank’s position as one of the largest microfinance bank operating in the MFB sector in Pakistan.                  February 26, 2011, Khushhalibank, while acknowledging the contributions made by young entrepreneurs in various sectors became the exclusive partner of IBA Verve 2011 organized by IBA Entrepreneurship Society (IBAES) and Center for Entrepreneurial Development. The event took place in Karachi and was graced by the some of the country’s most renowned businesspersons. IBA VERVE 2011 was a unique platform in which students were exposed to real life success stories and industry best practices.                  February 22, 2011, Khushhalibank's clients won the highest numbers of awards during the 7th Citi-PPAF Awards held in Islamabad. Sajan, a client of Mithi Branch, was awarded a prize of Rs. 110,000 for being the Regional Winner from Sindh. His loan officer Jhaman Das received a cash prize of Rs. 25,000. In runners up category, Kalsoom Bibi from Rawalpindi Branch and Muhammad Azeem from Gawadar Branch were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 80,000 each and their loan officers Adeel Shaehzad and Khadim Hussain were given a cash prize of Rs. 20,000 respectively.                  August 11, 2010, Khushhalibank successfully completes 10 years of micro-finance banking in Pakistan. Ghalib Nishtar, President Khushhalibank, expressing his views on the occasion said, "Today, we have made our contribution by making a difference in hundreds and thousands of lives across the country by providing financial service access to the unbanked segments of the population."                April 19, 2010, Khushhalibank held its Annual Sales Conference at PC Bhurban to review the performance for the year 2009. The conference was chaired by Ghalib Nishtar, President, Khushhalibank and attended by all Departmental Heads and the Retail Unit from the Corporate Office, and Regional Business Managers and Territory Portfolio Managers from their respective Regions.                  February 16, 2010, Khushhali Bank in collaboration with American Business Council has given the first 20 cheques to the affected traders of Bolton Market under 'Bolton Market - Business Revitalization Program' of USAID in a ceremony held in Karachi. Khushhali Bank is managing the process of grant disbursement of USAID's funds of PKR 1 billion for the program.                  August 11, 2009, Khushhali Bank celebrates its ninth anniversary to acknowledge the contribution and hard work of its employees, while resolving to make its clients a priority and rejoicing the unprecedented success of past nine years.                  Khushhali Bank Limited re-constitutes its Board of Directors for a term of three years. Syed Ali Raza, President, National Bank of Pakistan, being the chairman, the new Board of Directors consists of seven members, four representing the share holders three non share holding Independent Directors.                 
 
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   Khushhali Bank Limited elects New Members in EOGM
   
  Location: Islamabad
  Date: 4th February 2008
   
 
Islamabad, 4th February 2008: The Extraordinary General Meeting of Khushhali Bank Limited has elected new members of the Board of Directors for a term of three years. The newly elected members of the Board of the bank comprise four directors representing the share holders namely Syed Ali Raza, President National Bank of Pakistan, Zakir Mahmood, President Habib Bank Limited, Shaharyar Ahmed, President Askari Bank Limited, and Atif Aslam Bajwa, President MCB Limited.

The three non-shareholding Independent directors include Abid Hasan, former Operations Advisor, World Bank Group in Washington, Samina Rizwan, Regional Director, Oracle Corporation, Zia Niazi, a Development Sector Specialist and Ghalib Nishtar, Ex-Officio Director and President, Khushhali Bank Limited. The members of the Khushhali Bank’s Board of Directors bring with them well diversified experience from a cross section of Industry leaders and will provide strategic direction and policy guidelines for the future.

On the occasion, Ghalib Nishtar, President Khushhali Bank Limited briefed the shareholders on the Microfinance Sector Development Program of the Government of Pakistan which has been successful in terms of catalyzing the environment for microfinance within the country as well as attracting global spotlight through the establishment of specialized Microfinance Institutions Framework. He further added that six microfinance banks have so far been licensed under the Microfinance Institutions Framework with private sector investment and several opportunities emerging within the Microfinance sector in the country.

He briefed the shareholders about the operational and financial performance of the bank, future strategies and institutional development activities. Khushhali Bank’s branch network of 138 service outlets is operational in 88 districts across the country including some of the marginalized territories in AJK & FATA.

The bank has so far processed over a million loans amounting to 12.67 billion PKR. In addition, dilating further upon the operational framework of the bank, Ghalib Nishtar said, “Khushhali Bank’s organization and operation are designed on a sustainable community based service delivery system and we have also engaged service providers, primarily leading NGOs for delivery of our products and services to foster our operation and meet the immense market demand”.

About Khushhali Bank Limited: Khushhali Bank Limited (KBL) is rated as Pakistan’s largest and fastest growing retail microfinance bank operating under the Central Bank regulations. Established in the year 2000, the bank is funded by leading international financial institutions as a partnership between public, multinational and private sector commercial financial institutions. KBL’s mission is to market financial services tailored for the low income segment in line with international microfinance practices through extended network operating across the country.
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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