‘Info about Ehsaas now on a single platform’

People can get all the required information through the web portal, says SAPM Sania Nishtar

ISLAMABAD:

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr Sania Nishtar said on Sunday that the Ehsaas Digital Portal had been launched to facilitate deserving families understand their eligibility and procedure to apply for various pro-poor programmes.

All information related to various Ehsaas programmes is available through the web portal ehsaasdigital.pass.gov.pk that can be accessed through an android phone, she said in a video message.

The SAPM said that this web portal would provide all information about Ehsaas programmes at a single platform, in Urdu.

The programmes include Ehsaas Interest-Free Loans, Educational Stipends, Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme, Ehsaas Nashonuma, Ehsaas Amdan, Ehsaas Survey, Ehsaas Koi Bhooka Na Soye, Ehsaas Panahgah, Ehsaas Langar and more.

Dr Sania said that if, for example, someone lacked financial resources and wanted to apply for the Ehsaas Kafalat programme, they could get all the required information through the web portal; including details on eligibility, payment mechanism, district-level offices, payment centre addresses, contact numbers for getting additional information and a direct link to the web portal for resolving biometric and other issues.