Bank Al Falah has addressed recent social media reports suggesting that itis not accepting donations for Palestine in its branches. The bank,responding to the hashtag #boycott Bank Alfalah on Twitter, clarified thatthe circulating internal memo on social media is misleading.
In a statement posted on its Twitter account, the bank emphasized that thenotion of banks being instructed to cease accepting donations is incorrect.It explained that in Pakistan, operational accounts of embassies arerestricted from receiving donations. Instead, the bank urged contributionsto be directed to legally permissible donation accounts.
The controversy emerged when a local journalist shared a picture claimingthat the Pakistani government had barred all commercial banks fromaccepting donations for Palestinians in Gaza.
This news quickly went viral, resonating strongly with the emotionalconnection that the people of Pakistan feel towards their Muslim brothersin Palestine.
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The uproar intensified as users shared an alleged circular from BankAlfalah instructing branches not to accept donation funds for the Embassyof the State of Palestine. This led to public outrage, with citizensthreatening to withdraw their money from the bank.