QUETTA: Deputy Speaker of National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri on Wednesday inaugurated the first ATM of the Agriculture Development Bank in the provincial capital.

The Agriculture Development Bank has commenced the ATM service in Balochistan to ease the financial woes of its consumers.

Addressing the ceremony of its first ATM installation, Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri said that Pakistan was an agricultural country and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in its first 100 days had given priority to the agricultural sector.

“The Agriculture Development Bank has been providing loans to farmers which have eased their woes,” Mr Suri said.

Published in Dawn, February 7th, 2019

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