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title: "Advisor highlights progress in inclusive finance and credit access"
description: "Both outlets emphasized the Advisor to the Finance Minister, Khurram Schehzad, highlighting progress in inclusive finance and increased credit access for housing, agriculture, and small and medium enterprises. The Associated Press of Pakistan mentioned the broader agenda of inclusive finance and expansion to key productive sectors, while the Daily Times specifically noted an 84% increase in approvals under the Apna Ghar initiative."
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# Advisor highlights progress in inclusive finance and credit access

business · latest filing 28 Aug 2026, 7:33 AM PKT · 27–28 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets emphasized the Advisor to the Finance Minister, Khurram Schehzad, highlighting progress in inclusive finance and increased credit access for housing, agriculture, and small and medium enterprises. The Associated Press of Pakistan mentioned the broader agenda of inclusive finance and expansion to key productive sectors, while the Daily Times specifically noted an 84% increase in approvals under the Apna Ghar initiative.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Times** — [Approvals under Apna Ghar initiative increased by 84%’](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1544522/approvals-under-apna-ghar-initiative-increased-by-84/) · 28 Aug 2026, 7:33 AM PKT
  > Advisor to the Finance Minister, Khurram Schehzad on Thursday said Pakistan’s agenda of inclusive finance was making visible progress, with increased access to credit for housing, agriculture, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), electric vehicles (EVs) and productive investment helping translate macroeconomic stability into private-sector-led, export-oriented and inclusive growth. In a progres...
- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [Inclusive finance advances as lending expands to key productive sectors: Khurram Schehzad](https://www.app.com.pk/business/inclusive-finance-advances-as-lending-expands-to-key-productive-sectors-khurram-schehzad/) · 27 Aug 2026, 3:23 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Advisor to the Finance Minister, Khurram Schehzad on Thursday said Pakistan’s agenda of inclusive finance was making visible progress, with increased access to credit for housing, agriculture, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), electric vehicles (EVs) and productive investment helping translate macroeconomic stability into private-sector-led, export-oriented and inclusive growth. This post In...

## Part of a bigger story

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- [Financial approvals for PM's Apna Ghar Programme exceed Rs313 billion](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6052-pm-apna-ghar-scheme-spurs-117-surge-in-housing-finance) · 3 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 71% related
- [Finance Minister reviews progress on financing for key sectors](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4726-finance-minister-chairs-access-to-finance-steering-committee) · 26 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 71% related
- [Finance minister chairs inaugural meeting of Access to Finance Steering Committee](https://harzaviya.com/stories/283-finance-minister-chairs-inaugural-meeting-of-access) · 28 Jul 2026 · 3 outlets · 71% related

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