Govt to expand scope of 'Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program': PM Imran

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the government was taking measures to expand the scope of ‘Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program’, ARY News reported.

PM Imran Khan said this while visiting an Ehsaas cash distributing point in Rawalpindi. He said that the sole purpose of the program was to provide financial assistance to the deserving families in this difficult time.

PM Imran maintained that the government provided financial assistance to the poor under the program purely on merit. On the occasion, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Social Welfare Dr Sania Nishtar briefed the prime minister about the program.

Earlier on April 15, more than 2.73 million people had received cash assistance of Rs12,000 each under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar had said.

In a statement, she had said that a sum of Rs32.87 billion had ben disbursed among deserving families across the country so far. She had added as many as 78.44 million SMS requests had been received for the grant under the programme.