PM lauds success of Ramazan Package

ISLAMABAD:

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday, appreciating the effective and transparent implementation of the Ramazan Relief Package 2025, directed the authorities concerned to emulate this model in future government schemes.

The prime minister, chairing a meeting to review the implementation of the package, lauded the performance of the government's core team and supporting institutions.

He said that under the package, a first-ever digital wallet was introduced, and funds were delivered to the beneficiaries transparently and smoothly.

The prime minister said that the package was introduced countrywide, including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and also appreciated the State Bank of Pakistan, Benazir Income Support Programme, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, National Database and Registration Authority, and other supporting institutions for ensuring transparency in the process.

He told the participants of the meeting that complaints received during the execution of the package would be considered for future planning.

During the briefing on the package's implementation, it was told that 79% of the funds had been delivered to the beneficiaries. A total of 2,224 employees were deployed, and urgent steps were taken to resolve a total of 1,273 complaints received.

It was told that banks and other partnering institutions made 6.2 million robocalls, 178,700 outbound calls, and sent 6.1 million SMS messages to raise awareness about the facility.