ISLAMABAD: Queen of Netherlands Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti emphasized that financial inclusion is pivotal for the development and economy of Pakistan.
Queen Máxima was addressing Pakistan Innovative Finance Forum in the federal capital.
Monarch of Netherlands, who is also UN Secretary Generals Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development Queen Maxima, said on Tuesday the financial inclusion will also create more opportunities for the people of Pakistan. “Situation of ease of doing business in Pakistan has improved a great deal.”
Madam Máxima was appreciative of the government’s revised financial inclusion strategy targeting sixty-five million active digital accounts by 2023 including twenty million to be held by women.
The Netherlands’ queen has been the UN Secretary General’s Special Advocate (UNSGSA) for Inclusive Finance for Development since 2009.
On Monday, Queen Maxima had chaired a meeting on financial inclusion in Islamabad.
Speaking on the occasion, she had said Pakistan has made advancement towards the financial inclusion but still more needs to be done.
She stressed the need for use of technology to bring improvement in financial inclusion.
Netherlands Monarch along with six-member delegation landed at the Islamabad airport via flight TK-711 earlier in the day.
She was accorded warm welcome by the officials of the Foreign Office and Dutch embassy
Input with INP
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