Over 9,000 workers to get cash handouts
Each of 9,138 deserving candidates will receive a stipend of Rs9,000.
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Each of 9,138 deserving candidates will receive a stipend of Rs9,000. Until now, some Rs80.22 million have already been transferred to the unprivileged, Zakat Committee Chairman Ghulam Khan said. He added that they will not leave daily-wage workers in a lurch under current circumstances. He noted that the stipend is being transferred through branchless banking services such as mobile wallets.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2020.
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