Ehsaas Cash Programme: Dr Sania Nishtar visits site in Burqa

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on poverty alleviation and social safety net Dr Sania Nishtar, visited an Ehsaas Emergency Cash payment site clad in Burqa to view the arrangements made for people herself.

“Disguised in Burqa, I visited #EhsaasEmergencyCash payment site at Nurpur Shahan to monitor payments to category-3 beneficiaries that began today. It was intended to assess arrangements in terms of quality of services, transparency in payments & adherence to #COVID19 measure,” she tweeted.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched a portal under Ehsaas Cash Programme to help people who lost their jobs amid coronavirus

Prime Minister Imran Khan has ensured that the donations in  PM’s Relief Fund for Covid-19 will be distributed among the deserving families with transparency.

PM Imran Khan was speaking in Islamabad today during the launching of a Web Portal to register and provide help to those who lost their jobs during the lockdown.

The Premier said that he is personally monitoring the relief fund regulations. Its details will be revealed after the audit.

Imran Khan has also explained that the government will donate 4 rupees for each rupee donated to the relief fund. He also said that the objective is to approach the maximum number o people during these testing times.

The Rs144 billion programme will provide Rs12,000 to 12 million families Dr Sania Nishtar and the PTI government has said that it is the largest social protection initiative in the history of Pakistan.