Benazir Bhutto formed the First Women Bank to be a financially sustainable bank with a specialized focus on promoting economic prosperity and self-reliance in women of urban and rural areas by:

• Transforming the status of women from passive beneficiaries of social services to dynamic agents of change
• Promoting asset ownership, through its unique credit policies
• Promoting entrepreneurs through Computer Literacy and Business Centers for skill enhancement, product development and business management
• Facilitating their access to financial services by providing support through its Financial Services Desk on Corporate Affairs, Credit Management and Trade Finance activities and advice on Legal, Taxation and Marketing issues
• Providing extensive banking training through FWBL’s Training Institute and collaboration with other Banking Institutes of repute  Video