It's responsibility of state to provide food and shelter to poor: PM Imran
Prime Minister Imran Khan paid a surprise visit to a shelter home in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that it was responsibility of the state to provide food and shelter to poor, Dunya News reported.
This he stated while paying a surprise visit to a shelter home near Pirwadahi in Rawalpindi on the occasion of holy night of Shab-e-Miraj (PBUH). He inquired about the facilities from the people present at the shelter home and expressed satisfaction.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Media Affairs Yousaf Baig Mirza and Commissioner Islamabad Amir Ali Ahmed accompanied the Prime Minister during the visit.
The Prime Minister said since feeding the homeless and poor was the responsibility of state, the PTI government, which very much had this basic point on its agenda, would do all to look after the poor people.
He said that more shelter homes would be established in the country, besides the expansion of existing ones, so as to facilitate maximum people.
