In this file photo, Dr Sania Nishtar speaks to the media in Karachi. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: The government is working on a grand and comprehensive social protection programme under which as many as 288 welfare initiatives will be launched to eradicate poverty, uplift the lot of marginalised people and support vulnerable households.
“Ehsaas, the government’s social safety network, will operate these initiatives. The new projects will be initiated after the completion of Ehsaas survey which is currently advancing smoothly throughout the country and is likely to conclude by the end of this month,” said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Dr Sania Nishtar. She was addressing a conference ‘From Emergency to Recovery: Social Safety Nets Beyond the Covid-19 Crises’ organised by the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo through video link.
ISLAMABAD: The government plans to enrol seven million deserving women for financial assistance under its Ehsaas Kafaalat programme by June to financially empower them, especially disadvantaged women and girls.
The Ehsaas Kafaalat programme provides a monthly stipend of Rs2,000 along with saving bank account to the most destitute women, regardless of religion, race or ethnicity. In 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Ehsaas delivered 54 per cent emergency cash to women, said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Dr Sania Nishtar.
She said: “A country cannot thrive when half of its population is not educated and enabled to fulfil their potentials. Therefore, at its core, Ehsaas aims to lift seven million poorest women in Pakistan out of poverty and help them to achieve their potential.”
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