Premier says Ehsaas programme helped take steps to uplift poor speedily, transparently
Under the programme, mobile vans would visit different areas of major cities to feed poor and underprivileged people
Govt expands Ehsaas cash programme to cover 16.9m families
The delay is happening because the poor have to be eligible, even during a pandemic
The tragedy is that zakat has been converted into a voluntary payment in this country
She says that insaf cards will be given to differently-abled persons in the country under the Ehsas programme
The PM realises that provision of sustenance to the poor is the responsibility of the state
Ehsas Programme rests on the assumption that illegally-accumulated wealth is enough to lift Pakistan out of poverty