Financial assistance being provided transparently: Dr Firdous

Dunya News

The SAPM said the govt had successfully launched the biggest ever financial assistance programme

SIALKOT (Web Desk) – Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said that the government was strictly implementing the policy of merit and transparency in providing financial assistance under Ehsaas Programme.

Talking to the media in Sialkot after visiting Ehsaas Cash Payment Centre, she said the government was ensuring easy and smooth distribution of money as a financial assistance to the deserving, poor and needy people across the country.

The SAPM said the government had successfully launched the biggest ever financial assistance programme for deserving people in the history of Pakistan, as its fruits would reach to the common people.

Dr Firdous said the government was providing financial assistance through Ehsaas Cash Emergency Programme and the programme reflected Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision towards poor and deprived segment of the society.

She went on to say that smooth, easy and transparent distribution of money to the deserving people was the important part of this Ehsas Programme, as the government was giving the financial assistance to all deserving people without any discrimination.

“The government had yet distributed more than Rs16 billion among 1,380,000 deserving families across Pakistan,” Dr Firdous said and added Rs400 million would be distributed to 32,817 deserving families in Sialkot district purely on merit under Ehsaas Programme.

She said that as many as 17,000 payment points were set up across the country to facilitate Ehsaas Emergency Cash payment of Rs12,000 per family, adding that the delivery of cash to the deserving and needy people was an important component of Ehsaas Cash Emergency Programme.