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 Islamabad, 15 April 2013 - Khushhalibank participated in the 3rd Islamabad Expo 2013 organized by Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry, showing their untiring support and commitment to budding women entrepreneurs in Pakistan.                  Karachi, 25 March 2013 - Khushhalibank took a positive step towards the support and uplift of the industrious yet underprivileged strata of Pakistani population through the launch of Sehat Khushhali, Sehat Khushhali is Khushhalibank's first health insurance product for high quality in-patient treatment for its clients, free of cost.                  Islamabad, 21 March 2013 - Khushhalibank signed a 3-year Microsoft Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft Pakistan and InfoTech (Pvt.) Ltd, Microsoft’s Direct Large Account Reseller in Pakistan.                  Karachi, 4 March 2013- Malala Yousafzai, the world's youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize from Pakistan, was honored with LADIESFUND® Khushhalibank Idol Award at the 5th Ladiesfund Awards 2013 ceremony held at Mohatta Palace                  Islamabad, February 27, 2013: Khushhalibank Limited, the first licensed microfinance bank in Pakistan expanded its network by opening six new branches in the Punjab region during the month of February 2013. These branches were opened in Minchanabad, Chiniot, Muzaffargarh, Fort Abbas, Alipur and Sadiqabad.                  September 15, 2012, Khushhalibank, joined hands with Dawood Global Foundation (DGF), Dawood Capital Management Limited (DCM) and Higher Education Commission (HEC) to promote women entrepreneurship by sponsoring the third LADIESFUND Entrepreneurship Conference, themed Cutting Edge Entrepreneurship (LEC 2012) n Karachi.                  August 10, 2012, Khushhalibank announced that it is extending its partnership with ShoreBank International Ltd (SBI), to develop and roll-out Khushhalibank branchless banking services in partnership with a national payment platform provider.                  June, 20, 2012, Khushhalibank sponsored a Sports Festival in Bhojowal village, Mandi Bahauddin. The festival consisted of an exclusive Kabaddi match, which was played between two local teams.                  May 31, 2012, SME Business Support Fund (BSF) and Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan arranged a SME FINANCIAL EXPO 2012 in Lahore.Khushhalibank also participated in the Expo by setting up a stall to provide information to the participants about microfinance in general and its products and services in particular. Ghalib Nishtar, President Khushhalibank who was the Guest of Honor at the Expo.                  14 May 2012: Khushhalibank launches its 100th Online branch at Pattoki. Online/ real-time banking allows clients to access their funds and make transactions from any of the real-time branch offices of the bank.                  Islamabad, 5 March 2012, Pakistan and Afghanistan are committed to strengthen Microfinance Sector. It was agreed at the meeting between Ghalib Nishtar, President, Khushhalibank and visiting officials from Afghanistan that both Pakistan and Afghanistan, being neighboring developing countries in the Asian region, can benefit by developing and promoting the financial Infrastructure to support microfinance through continuous knowledge and skill sharing experiences of their respective markets.                  Karachi, February 2012, Khushhalibank and IBA Entrepreneurship Society Announce Winners of the ISERVE 2012 - a unique social enterprise competition aimed at providing students a platform to contribute significantly towards the community in the form of sustainable social ideas and creating a new generation of viable social ventures.                  Peshawar, 23 February 2012, Khushhalibank and Beacon-house join hands for ‘Model United Nations 2012’ (MUN). MUN is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current affairs, international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda. The Frontier Campus Beacon-house Model United Nation (FC-BMUN) is the first ever MUN conference to be held in Peshawar.                  Islamabad, February 1, 2012, Khushhalibank and NUST join hands to host All Pakistan Model United Nations Conference 2012.                  September 21-22, 2011, Khushhalibank sponsors the World Islamic Finance Summit 2011.                  September 20, 2011, Khushhalibank partners with the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) as platinum sponsor in a nationwide business plan competition, titled 'Discover – Prosperity through Entrepreneurship'.                  September 16, 2011, Khushhalibank joins hands with Dawood Global Foundation (DGF) to promote women entrepreneurship by sponsoring the second LADIESFUND Entrepreneurship Conference (LEC 2011).                  August 01, 2011, The first Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CEL) by SME Business Support Fund (BSF) was inaugurated at SZABIST Islamabad by Ghalib Nishtar, President Khushhalibank.                  May 25, 2011, The Microcredit Summit Campaign (MSC) status report ranks Khushhalibank as one of the biggest microfinance entities of the region having served two and a half million relationships and having over four hundred thousand active clients.                  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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