Tue, 21-Oct-2025

50,000 HEC Scholarships announced under the Ehsaas Program, Shafqat Mahmood

HEC

50,000 scholarships under the Ehsaas program through Higher Education Commission (HEC), Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood. Shafqat Mahmood announced the scholarships after a meeting of the senate committee on education. “We will be providing 50,000 scholarships through the Higher Education Commission [HEC] under the Ehsaas program,” stated the minister. PPP Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar … Read more

Ehsaas program benefited half of population in 2020, report

Ehsaas Program 2020

The Ehsaas program has benefitted around half of Pakistan’s population amid the coronavirus crisis last year. An annual report has been compiled by Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Division according to which the Ehsaas program continues to empower the weakest segments of society through its multi-faceted initiatives. The report also mentioned that many transformative initiatives … Read more

Ehsaas Cash Programme: Dr Sania Nishtar visits site in Burqa

Ehsaas Cash Programme

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on poverty alleviation and social safety net Dr Sania Nishtar, visited an Ehsaas Emergency Cash payment site clad in Burqa to view the arrangements made for people herself. “Disguised in Burqa, I visited #EhsaasEmergencyCash payment site at Nurpur Shahan to monitor payments to category-3 beneficiaries that began today. … Read more

PM Imran Khan to give away Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarships today

Prime Minister

Prime Minister Imran Khan will give away scholarships to the first batch of deserving bright students under Ehsaas undergraduate program today (Monday). Around 24 billion rupees would be spent on this four-year program to support 200,000 students, half of them girls, from low-income backgrounds. As part of the Ehsaas scholarships policy, two percent scholarships will … Read more

UNGA Session: PM Imran held meeting with Sergey Lavrov

Russia's FM meets PM Imran

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines of 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Matters of mutual interests, deteriorating situation in occupied Kashmir, bilateral relations and other issues were came under discussion in the meeting, sources said and added that … Read more