Bank Alfalah Under Fire for Sexist Policies

Bank Alfalah has been grilled on social media for what people called were the ‘sexist policies’ from one of Pakistan’s largest banks. As per details, Sabina Ahmed – a resident of Islamabad – was appalled and let down when she was denied cancellation of a Pay Order due to lack of ‘male witnesses.’ Ms Ahmed expressed her anger in a tweet where she explained the whole story. Her tweet went viral and people seemed to be concerned over the bank’s ‘irresponsible’ and ‘illegal demands.’ One of the Twitter users suggested that the operational and branch managers of the bank should be served show cause notices for this behavior. He also explained that there were no such prudential regulations from State Bank. Another Twitterati, who faced a similar situation, shared her experience: Some people raised a valid point that what if a female doesn’t have a male family member? https://twitter.com/zohamaliksher/status/1082626840685170689 Another user nailed it by inquiring if the former State Bank Governor Shamshad Akhtar faced a similar situation? https://twitter.com/YaAbalFazl/status/1082629568282935296 While there were some people who felt that the bank was just following an Islamic law. According to Sabeen, she has lodged a formal complaint but she has been told to wait for five working days before someone from the customer care addresses the issue.