Ehsaas programme will be a welfare model for the world: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the success of Ehsaas’ “Koyee Bhuka Naa Soyai” Programme would be a model not only in Pakistan but the whole world.
He called for comprehensive planning to introduce such a system which ensures direct and easy reach to the deserving.
The premier was presiding over a briefing meeting about the measures for the aforementioned programme.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Sania Nishter briefed PM Imran in detail about the project.
The premier was told that, as per his vision, the provision of meals would be ensured through Ehsaas under a coordinated strategy after the identification of areas facing the danger of food shortage.
Imran Khan appreciated the proposals of providing food to deserving people and stressed the need to ensure the identification of such areas where people were deprived of two-time meals due to economic hardships on a priority basis.
Dr Sania Nishter also briefed the prime minister about Ehsaas Donar Management System under which the receipts of donations at individual and institutional levels will be conducted, as well as the fact that the donors would be able to get the details of expenditures through digitalized and automated system.
The premier was told that after the completion of preparatory work, this programme will be launched by the end of the first quarter of the current year.