First Women Bank Ltd. is a unique financial institution, a Scheduled Commercial Bank and a development financial institution for the socio-economic empowerment of women. The Bank was set up in 1989 by the Islamic world’s first woman Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (Shaheed), who wanted a bank that would meet the banking needs of women entrepreneurs. FWBL was incorporated as a Scheduled Commercial Bank in the Public Sector as a Public Ltd. Company on 21st November, 1989 under the Companies Ordinance, 1984.