islamabad: The Bank of Khyber (BoK) has now become the first financial institution in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to open a day care centre for employees at its head office in Peshawar. Child care has long been a critical issue for working parents and is not gender-specific. Being an equal employment opportunity provider, BoK is catering to modern day needs of working women and men who being professionals, need to care for their children while also carrying out their official responsibilities. The day care centre was inaugurated by BoK Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director Saiful Islam on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, he highlighted the importance of the needs of modern working men and women and renewed his commitment towards providing best available facilities to BoK employees. He further stated that opening a child care facility within the premises of the head office, where working parents can be steps away from their children, would ease the strain of juggling work and family.
Published in Daily Times, January 12th 2019.
