Govt announces assistance package for Newspaper Hawkers
January 07, 2021
The government has announced an assistance package for Newspaper Hawkers and their children under which free medical treatment and educational stipend will be provided.
Secretary Information Zahida Parveen announced the package while addressing a news conference along with Information Minister Syed Shibli Faraz, Managing Director Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal Aon Abbas Bappi and leader of Akhbar Farosh Union Tika Khan in Islamabad this evening.
She said every news hawker would be provided with free medical treatment up to six hundred thousand rupees annually through Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal. She said the package also included provision of educational stipend to the children of hawkers.