Punjab Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa inaugurates a new branch of J&K Bank in Zirakpur on Friday. Tribune Photo
Tribune News Service
Jammu, November 11
The J&K Bank today opened a new state-of-the-art business unit along with an ATM at Zirakpur in Mohali district, which is popularly known as the ‘wedding capital’ of Punjab.
Minister for Finance and Planning, Punjab, Parminder Singh Dhindsa inaugurated the business unit in the presence of chairman and CEO of the bank Parvez Ahmed.
Speaking on the occasion, Dhindsa congratulated the bank on choosing a fine and wonderful location of the business unit in the heart of Zirakpur, which is the fastest growing town not only in Punjab but three states of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Dhindsa said the Punjab government would be extending full support to the bank for expanding its footprints in the state.
Meanwhile, bank chairman informed that the first business unit in Punjab was opened in 1973 in the holy city of Amritsar and today, we have established the 29th business unit in the state. “The future plan of the bank is to shortly open three more business units on the Chandigarh University campus in Mohali, Patalia and Solan (HP), he added.
He assured that in line with the logo of the bank, which has a message of “serving to empower”, the bank will be glad to have suggestions from the Punjab government.
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