Govt to include all families at LoC in Ehsas Program

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Security Dr Sania Nishtar has said that on the directive of the Prime Minister, all the families living in the vicinity of the Line of Control (LoC) will be included in the Ehsas Kifalat program.

Nishtar said that she for the first time the government has announced an unconditional package for all the families of an area, adding that all 138,285 families living in 219 villages on the LoC have been included in the Ehsas Cash program.

All the families living in the vicinity of the LoC will be included in the Ehsas Kifalat program on the special instructions of the Prime Minister and they will be paid Rs. 2000 per month. In addition, the women of these families will also be given Rs. 12,000 as Ehsas Emergency Cash.

She said that the federal cabinet has approved the entire package and allocated Rs 3 billion.

The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Social Security said that women living on the Line of Control (LoC) who have an ID card will be paid emergency cash immediately, while those women who do not possess an ID Card, 17 Ehsas centers will be set up in the LoC areas.