Farida, 50, a housemaid, insists on taking a 15-day break in Ramazan even if it means sacrificing half of her monthly salary. Ignoring pandemic warnings, she is all set to scout across the city to capitalise on the generosity of her past employers and check distribution points of charities.
“It takes stamina to run around and patience to wait in long queues. For the persistent ones, the end justifies the trouble. I collect edibles, clothes and cash collectively worth more than my two-month salary enough to afford some festivity at Eid,” she told Dawn.
Farida, a widow is a mother of seven and grandmother of 12. Her husband, a construction worker, fell from a multi-storey and died a long time back. Only one of her three sons works as a kabari (trash dealer). One son died in a road accident and the eldest is mentally unstable. Three of her daughters are married. She supports the widow and two kids of her son, her firstborn and an unmarried daughter.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at the virtual launch of ‘Koi Bhooka Na Soye’ programme on Sunday. APP
ISLAMABAD: Expanding the government’s much ambitious initiative Koi Bhooka Na Soye (let no one sleep hungry) to Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday vowed to establish a network of “meals on wheels” programme throughout the country to provide free food to poor and deserving people.
However, the opposition lashed out at the prime minister, alleging that after making people hungry and jobless due to “unprecedented” price hike, he had launched a programme to provide free meals on trucks to the masses.
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April 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday said that during the past years, huge loans had piled up and after payment of instalments, little money was left for welfare of people.
He was speaking at the virtual inaugural ceremony of the ‘Bhuka Na Soye’ [None should go to bed hungry] initiative under Ehsaas programme here.
“Today we have huge piles of debts and limited resources to spend money on people.
“Despite that, Allah has commanded us to follow that path; then this path is the path of supremacy of law and humanity.
“It is our key responsibility to take care of the weaker sections of society,” he added.
Ag AgenciesISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government was “fighting a historic battle for the rule of law” as he expanded his signature.