ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will launch Ehsas Saylani Langar Scheme in Islamabad today in which free food would be provided to the needy people.
The opening of the first Langar will begin from Islamabad that will later be expanded in the whole nation will include the distribution of free food among the deserving has already started.
This joint initiative will later be extended to the entire country, particularly in Karachi, Hyderabad, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Quetta, and Peshawar.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar said that Ehsaas Langar Scheme would help in reducing inequality and invest in people through a public-private partnership model.
In a statement issued earlier, Dr. Sania Nishtar stated, “Ehsaas is opening its first Langar in Islamabad in collaboration with Saylani Welfare International Trust, where free charity food will be distributed regularly among the deserving and marginalized segments.
The whole set up of the Ehsaas Langar Scheme has been established jointly by Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division and Saylani Welfare International Trust within a period of less than a month as prime minister had directed Ehsaas to launch this initiative without any delay.
Under the overarching umbrella of Ehsaas, this is the first scheme of the government of Pakistan that has been set up as a public-private partnership.
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