Bilal Mustafa Managing Director BoK handles over Rs 7 Billion

The Bank of Khyber (BoK) handles over Rs 7 Billion as Home Remittances till 30th June 2011 in six months, showing the confidence of the overseas Pakistanis on BOK.

This was stated by Mr. Bilal Mustafa Managing Director BoK, while inaugurating BoK Half-Yearly Manager’s Conference-2011 this morning.

The Half-yearly managers’ conference was held to review the operational activities and achievements of the bank during first six months of 2011 and to finalize the targets and operational strategy for the remaining six months of the year.

Bilal Mustafa mentioned that in order to achieve desired goals, the BoK would further increase its branch network in 2011 by adding 12 new branches. The growth in other operational areas should be further improved in order to achieve the Annual Business Targets. In this connection; a branch expansion plan is already underway, during which 5 new Islamic & 7 new conventional branches will emerge by year end.

This initiative of the management will further strengthen the bank and with the increased network of branches, the BoK would play its pivotal role in socio economic development of the country. He specially mentioned about Bacha Khan Khpal Rozgar Scheme and forthcoming “Huner Mand Scheme “ and their positive impact on socio-economic condition of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa which will lead the Province to prosperity.

He also emphasized that Branches as well as Head Office staff should work more actively to serve the customers by providing efficient services. Mr. Bilal Mustafa while reviewing the operational results as on 30th June 2011 mentioned that the BoK’s operational results shows a tremendous growth in all key areas despite depressed economic situation. He specially emphasized on Home Remittances business and mentioned that during first six months of 2011, BoK procured over Rs. 7 (Seven) billion as home remittances which was 87% higher than the corresponding period. He informed that in addition to branches, a number of dedicated payment centres are being established to facilitate home remittances beneficiaries. He said that we were already having a plan to engage more exchange companies to cater the target cliental in various parts of the Province and Overseas. The mid-year managers’ conference 2011 was also attended by Mir Javed Hashmat Executive Director BoK, Mr. Imran Samad Group Head Credit Management and Mr. M. Hamid Ayub Group Head HRD, a part from heads of various divisions of Head Office. While speaking on the occasion Mir Javed Hashmat Executive Director BoK stressed upon the managers to work more efficiently and dedicatedly to achieve excellence in operational target.


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Abby Wambach U.S. women to World Cup title

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Abby Wambach's halftime instructions to her teammates were simple and insistent: Just put the ball on the back post. We'll get a goal.

When the 79th minute arrived in a 1-1 tie with France in the Women's World Cup semifinals, Lauren Cheney prepared to serve a corner kick. The French had dominated possession. The United States hung on tenuously. Cheney spotted Wambach, whose eyes were imploring, saucer-like.

"You can tell when Abby's seeing red," Cheney said.

The kick floated to the far post as directed. Wambach charged forward and nodded the ball downward, her head punching like a fist, putting the Americans ahead in an eventual 3-1 victory Wednesday and giving them passage to the World Cup final here today against Japan.

At 5-foot-11 and 170 pounds, with impeccable technique, anticipation and fearless determination, Wambach is considered the best header in women's soccer. Forty-nine of her 121 career international goals — 40 percent — have been scored with her head. Given that Japan has only two players as tall as 5-7, today's final might be decided not by anyone's dexterous foot but by the glancing accuracy of Wambach's forehead.

"If you want to stop her, you have to push and pull on her jersey before she starts to run," said Sonia Bompastor , a French defender. "When she moves forward, she's unstoppable."

At 31, Wambach has long been full of brawny assertion. She won the 2004 Athens Olympics for the United States with a header in overtime of the gold medal game against Brazil. Yet she views her career as incomplete.

She broke her leg and missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics as her teammates won another gold medal. The World Cups in 2003 and 2007 ended prematurely for Wambach and the U.S. in the semifinals. This might be her final chance to play in soccer's most important tournament.

"I would give up every goal I've scored to win this World Cup," Wambach said. "You have to be willing to give up everything."

That same bold abandon is required to proficiently head a soccer ball, one of the sport's most potentially dangerous yet valuable skills. Not only is proper technique required -- upper body arched, shoulders squared to the target, chest and neck snapping forward, head striking the ball at the hairline -- but so is courage in the face of a possible collision with a goalkeeper or with the goalpost.

"A lot of it is determination and will -- 'I don't care who is in the way,'" said Jim Gabarra, who coached Wambach in two professional leagues. "Some players have that fear: Is someone going to hit me in the air? Is the goalkeeper going to punch me in the head? Will I land funny?" Wambach traces her bravery and competitiveness to familial necessity, having grown up as the youngest of seven children in Rochester. To her four brothers, Abby was less a sister than a live-in goalie.

When she was 6 or 7, her brothers dressed her in pads and peppered her with slap shots in a neighborhood cul-de-sac. When her father, Peter, who had been a wrestler and a runner, asked how many goals she scored in a soccer game and she said three, he asked, "Why not four?"

"My mom would literally lock us out of the house and say go play," Wambach said. "We wouldn't be able to come in, not even to pee. I feel like I was kind of bred in some ways to do what I do now."

Socer by  commercialappeal