PESHAWAR: Under the umbrella of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) government’s initiatives for poverty alleviation and social safety, Ehsaas programme has increased six-month stipend for deserving women from Rs 12, 000 to Rs 13, 000 each. Advisor to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar in her tweet has said the government had taken … Read more
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s Cybercrime Wing has arrested three suspects for fraudulently withdrawing money from the government’s Ehsaas Programme, during an operation in Naushahro Feroze district. FIA Director Imran Riaz said the accused were identified as Irshad Ali, Ahmed and Pir Bakhsh. He said a laptop, a biometric machine, mobile phones, a bank … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi praised the team of Ehsaas programme as he visited One Window Ehsaas Centre in Sitara Market of Islamabad on Wednesday and said the service is the first of its kind in the country’s history. Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar and other officials welcomed … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $603 million result-based lending programme to strengthen and expand social protection programmes in Pakistan, a statement issued on Wednesday. The ADB said using conditional cash transfers, the programme will support the implementation of Ehsaas, Pakistan’s national social protection and poverty reduction strategy. Under the Integrated Social … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that the digitalisation of the economy is essential to empower women and bring other deprived segments into the mainstream. Addressing the plenary session of the 24th Sustainable Development Conference, the president said the disbursement of the cash assistance to women under the Ehsaas programme directly to their bank … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A record trade deficit, double-digit inflation and increase in the interest rate of T-bills auction created panic at the Pakistan stock market but the economy is on strong footings and will grow beyond 5 per cent in this financial year, a senior government official said on Friday. In a media briefing along with Adviser … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Poverty and unemployment are rampant in Sindh, despite 13 years consecutive rule of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) in the province, an official said. Responding to the statement of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said that Sindh is still the most deprived province where unemployment … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $600 million for Ehsaas Programme under the Integrated Social Protection Development Programme. ADB country director Yong Ye called on Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Islamabad, a statement said. During the meeting Omar Ayub Khan congratulated Yong Ye on … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the development of ‘Ehsaas Koi Bhooka Na Soye’ inventiveness to Gujranwala, Lahore, and Multan, he directed the consultants concerned not to settle on the lower quality of food that will be distributed to the needy people. Four food trucks that will oblige free of cost cooked meals to daily-wage recipients … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A two-day Women Artisan Bazaar kick-started on Tuesday at the Centaurus Mall, aimed at promoting women entrepreneurship and showcasing talent-based artisans of skillful women. The exhibition was co-organised by the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Centaurus Mall and Handicraft Association of Islamabad. Addressing the ceremony, Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj … Read more
Federal Government will soon begin an education stipend initiative for secondary education. The initiative will be carried out under the Ehsaas-e-Taleem program. As per the details, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection Dr. Sania Nishtar was taking part in a meeting in Islamabad. She said that Waseela-e-Taleem is being expanded to secondary … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan all set to launch the cash disbursal programme under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash for jobless workers on Monday (today). Around 3.4 million of applications of jobless workers have been received through Ehsaas Labour Portal, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). وزیر اعظم عمران خان (@ImranKhanPTI) آج کرونا وبا کے باعث … Read more
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
The United States has announced $5 million assistance to Pakistan to support Ehsaas Cash Programme, which was launched to help vulnerable communities affected by the Coronavirus lockdown. According to details, the United States has partnered with Pakistan to reduce poverty in the Coronavirus pandemic. Announcing a 336-metric tonne food program for malnourished children, the US … Read more
The total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases is 3,642,772. Out of these, the active cases are 2,196,289 over 252,220 have died whereas 1,194,263 people have recovered. Keep visiting BOL News to find Coronavirus latest updates worldwide regarding the statistics, lockdown measures, conditions, and other information. See the chart below to see the number of cases, … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched a portal under Ehsaas Cash Programme to help people who lost their jobs amid coronavirus Prime Minister Imran Khan has ensured that the donations in PM’s Relief Fund for Covid-19 will be distributed among the deserving families with transparency. PM Imran Khan was speaking in Islamabad today during the … Read more
A portal to provide relief worth 75 billion rupees launched to benefit common workers and daily wagers, who lost their jobs due to coronavirus. Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar announced this while addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Monday. He said Ministry of Industries and Ehsaas Programme will jointly launch this portal … Read more
The Punjab government is providing all possible facilities to farmers and Bardana (gunny bags) is being distributed in a transparent manner in the province for the first time through a mobile app designed by the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB). These views were expressed by Chief Secretary Punjab Major (r) Azam Suleman Khan during a … Read more
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar on Sunday said that the payment process under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme would start from Wednesday to back the vulnerable segments of society, affected due to lockdown amid Coronavirus outbreak. Addressing a press conference, Dr. Sania Nishtar said, the Ehsaas … Read more
Dr Sania Nishtar Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation said on Wednesday she will hold a briefing in this week regarding ‘Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme’, which will benefit 67 million people across the country. “I will do a press conference this week to explain how the “#Ehsaas Emergency Cash … Read more
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan is addressing a ceremony on Tuesday. According to the details the ceremony was organised to launch a new Pakistan Post remittance scheme for overseas Pakistanis. He says overseas Pakistanis, who would avail this opportunity, will be rewarded for sending money through legal channels. Imran Khan also stated that “Overseas Pakistanis … Read more
