Farida, 50, a housemaid, insists on taking a 15-day break in Ramazan even if it means sacrificing half of her monthly salary. Ignoring pandemic warnings, she is all set to scout across the city to capitalise on the generosity of her past employers and check distribution points of charities.
“It takes stamina to run around and patience to wait in long queues. For the persistent ones, the end justifies the trouble. I collect edibles, clothes and cash collectively worth more than my two-month salary enough to afford some festivity at Eid,” she told Dawn.
Farida, a widow is a mother of seven and grandmother of 12. Her husband, a construction worker, fell from a multi-storey and died a long time back. Only one of her three sons works as a kabari (trash dealer). One son died in a road accident and the eldest is mentally unstable. Three of her daughters are married. She supports the widow and two kids of her son, her firstborn and an unmarried daughter.
SBP takes necessary steps to promote tech startups
Business
March 16, 2021
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan is taking all necessary initiatives to provide an enabling environment for the information and technology startups and women financial inclusion, the central bankâs governor said on Monday.
âThe SBP is working on gender mainstreaming policy titled âBanking on Equality: Reducing the Gender Gap in Financial Inclusionâ.
The proposed policy aims to introduce a gender lens within the financial sector through identified pillars and specific measures, to bring a shift towards women friendly business practices,â the SBPâs Governor Reza Baqir said at an event organised by Sehat Kahani, a telemedicine startup that has raised $1 million in a Pre-Series A round.
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Telemedicine organization Sehat Kahani has raised $1 million from leading global investors. It was founded by two women doctors-turned-entrepreneurs, Dr Sara Saeed Khurram and Dr Iffat Zafar Aga, in 2017.
Sehat Kahani connects women doctors from their homes to patients in underserved segments of the country using a telemedicine-based solution of e-health clinics and a mobile application.
Its investors include the Islamic Development Bank, 10Pearls Ventures, Mentorâs Fund, Korean Impact Collective Funds and Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), KASB and the Din Group in Pakistan.