Pakistan’s first digital loan scheme for women’s business support has been approved.

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the first digital loan scheme for businesswomen under the “Khudmukhtar Khatoon Program.”

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 Under this initiative, women will be provided loans ranging from PKR 100,000 to PKR 1.5 million based on their credit assessment.

The aim of this scheme is to provide financial facilitation to small and medium-sized enterprises owned by women.