July 1, 2021
LAHORE: âLahore Wears Maskâ campaign and project was launched by Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid, Commissioner Muhammad Usman, Post Master General Punjab Imran Raza and DC Lahore at GPOâs historical building here on Wednesday.
Almost 15 million masks will be sent through Pakistan Post Services to homes, mosques and markets in the City. It is the biggest project of mask distribution with zero financial burden on the government budget, said commissioner Lahore, adding the project will be completed with the collaboration of LUMS, Stanford University, Yale University, Innovation for Poverty Action.
He said under the project, free masks will be delivered with the help of Pakistan Post Services to the selected homes, mosques and markets based on a survey conducted. Survey was conducted to evaluate the low mask wearing areas and the low income homes and addresses were taken from Lesco.