INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in order implement Pakistan People's portiony (PPP) election manifesto pledges presided
over a assembly to finalise Social Protection Strategy under which poverty reduction programmes were being planned to launch in the next
The assembly was attended by CM Adviser on Information Murtaza Wahab, CM Coordinator Hariz Gazdar, Chairperson PD Naheed Shah, Principal
Secretary to CM Sajid Jamal Abro, Secretary Finance Najam Shah and other concerned officers
The chief minister said that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has directed him to launch social protection programmes as announced in
These programmes would focus on poverty reduction and supply social security cover to the marginalized portion of population such as poorest
of the poor and women.Under the programme there are degree sectors such as poverty reduction, family health, mother and child support
programme, Benzir Hari Card, Benazir Women Agricultural Workers Programme, Internship Guarantee programme.The chief minister said that
measure of the poverty reduction programmes were already going on through different departments now these programmes would be summed up in a
single department so that proper focus could be made
He directed Chairperson PD Naheed Shah to set up a separate unit in her department.There were different proposals to reduce poverty such as
advancing small loans to youth and women to launch their small commercees and then return loan in easy installments
Under this programme womenfolk would be empowered by engaging them in agriculture sector in rural areas by giving them seed and fertilizers
The youth would be given scholarship to continue their higher education.The assembly decided to firm up proposals for launching these
programmes and the same would be approved from the appropriate forum.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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