INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: Pakistan's Ehsaas program initiative is one of the most comprehensive welfare programmes ever undertaken by a national
government, said the Britain based leading newspaper in its article.The Daily Telegraph,in its Thursday's publication, said that Pakistan
is leading the way with its welfare state policy and the world can learn from its innovation
Prime Minister Imran Khan launched an ambitious social safety and poverty alleviation programme for the welfare of the general masses
earlier this year.Addressing the launching ceremony earlier in March, PM Imran Khan had said: "It is the first time that such a programme is
You will remember the day we launched this programme - the day [Pakistan] becomes a great country."The newspaper in its article said that it
was for the first time that a public policy in Pakistan has been developed in this way that demonstrates a new level of openness and
transparency.The author wrote: "Called Ehsaas, which in Urdu literally means ‘empathy&, the new initiative is one of the most
comprehensive welfare programmes ever undertaken by a national government, with an underlying ambition to create a social safety net for
Pakistan that could transform the lives of millions
It is enormously wide-ranging and ambitious."This is the context in which Ehsaas is seeking to end the cycle of poverty faced by many
Acknowledging that no single area will unlock this ambition alone."Pakistan's Ehsaas program encompasses 134 policies that range from
tackling corruption to creating educational opportunities and providing the elderly with decent homes.Over 3.3 million people will be
covered under insurance in the next few years
Those who don''t get the cards will get health coverage from the Tahaffuz programme.The street children and transgenders, who are treated so
cruelly, will be helped and protected under this programme.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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