CM Punjab approves ‘Ehsaas Ration Subsidy Program’
- 07-Aug-2022
Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Illahi has given his approval to establish the ‘Ehsaas ration subsidy program’ which will provide deserving people with Rs1500 per/month, ARY News reported. According to details, the CM Punjab approved the establishment of the “Ehsaas Ration Subsidy Program” to provide poor people with subsidized flour, pulses, cooking oil, and […]
Reports of panagahs, Ehsaas program, Sehat Card closing down ‘baseless’
- 15-Apr-2022
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has termed reports regarding closure of Ehsaas program, panagahs [shelter homes] and Sehat Card program as baseless. While rejecting the reports, Marriyum Aurangzeb said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has clearly stated that public welfare projects of the previous government will continue. The Benazir Bhutto Income Support […]
FIA busts gang defrauding people in the name of Ehsaas program
- 30-Dec-2021
KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has busted a gang allegedly involved in defrauding people in the name of the Ehsaas program in Naushahro Feroze district of the Sindh province, ARY NEWS reported. The FIA claimed that it had arrested three people for their role in the entire scam after it was pointed out by a […]
Pakistan, ADB sign agreements for US$1.54 bn financing
- 22-Dec-2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday signed six agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to obtain financing of US$1.54 billion, ARY NEWS reported. The agreements were signed by the secretary of economic affairs division and country director of the ADB in the presence of Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan. Under the agreements, US$300 million […]
PM Imran launches Ehsaas School Stipend program for deserving students
- 01-Sep-2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday launched Ehsaas School Stipend program for the deserving households across the country in Islamabad. Speaking on the occasion, he said an important aspect of this program is that it will help bring the out of school children especially the girls to the educational institutions. He regretted that […]
Shafqat Mahmood announces 50,000 HEC scholarships under Ehsaas program
- 10-Aug-2021
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Tuesday announced 50,000 scholarships under the Ehsaas program through Higher Education Commission (HEC), ARY NEWS reported. The details have emerged after a meeting of the Senate’s standing committee on Education, attended by Shafqat Mahmood. “We will be providing 50,000 scholarships through the Higher Education Commission [HEC] under […]
Robbers who looted Ehsaas program’s centre ‘arrested’ in Karachi
- 17-Jul-2021
KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have nabbed four suspects allegedly involved in looting Rs1.2 million from an Ehsaas program’s centre in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi, ARY NEWS reported. According to police, all four suspects were arrested in an injured condition after an exchange of fire between a team of Gulshan-e-Iqbal police and robbers in […]
Ehsaas Program: Police arrest man withdrawing cash using fake fingerprints
- 08-Jul-2021
KHANPUR: A man using fake fingerprints of the deserving people registered under the Ehsaas Program to withdraw has been taken into custody by police in Khanpur, a city in Punjab’s district of Rahim Yar Khan, ARY News reported on Thursday. As per details, the accused named Naveed Shah was caught red-handed while withdrawing cash from […]
Ehsaas program team robbed of Rs1.2 million in Karachi
- 02-Jul-2021
KARACHI: In yet another daring robbery bid, armed motorcyclists on Friday snatched Rs1.2 million from a team of Ehsaas program- a federal government’s initiative for financial support of underpriviliged segments- in Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighbourhood of Karachi, ARY NEWS reported. According to the footage obtained by ARY NEWS, armed men on three motorcycles could be spotted in […]
World Bank okays $600m grant for Ehsaas expansion
- 26-Mar-2021
'Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of families across Pakistan face economic hardship, particularly those working in the informal sector, who have no savings or are not covered by existing social safety net programs'