12 million families will start receiving Rs 12 000 a month from tomorrow (Thursday) in order to provide financial assistance to those affected by the lockdown of coronaviruses
PM Imran addressed to Islamabad at the joint press conference that the funds were only made available to the deserving families in connection with the Ehsaas emergency cash program for the distribution of cash in the whole country. PM Imran added that around 17,000 points were established to distribute cash.
He maintained that the process of awarding cash worth 144 billion rupees to 12 million deserving families will be completed within next two and half weeks.
Speaking on the occasion, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar said the government has received over 30.5 million SMS on 8171 for financial assistance under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme.
She said over 12 million deserving families will be awarded 12,000 rupees each after biometric verification.
In his remarks, NDMA Chairman Lt General Muhammad Afzal said that personal protective equipment will be providedt to all provincial hospitals during the next three days.
The NDMA Chairman said 100,000 testing kits will arrive in Pakistan tonight out of which 35000 kits will be given to Sindh, 15000 to Balochistan, while 25000 each will be given to Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Imran Khan had directed for immediate activation of the Corona Tiger Force in order to provide relief to daily wagers amid coronavirus lockdown.
As per details, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar had finalized plan on the instructions of PM Imran.
Usman Dar had said that Tiger Force will be mobilized with district administration soon and all preparations had been finalized in this regard.
