Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar on Saturday said 80,000 interest-free loans would be given countrywide to the needy every month under National Poverty Graduation Strategy programme to enable them to start their own businesses. Highlighting the key features of the National Poverty Graduation Strategy under Ehsas Program in a press conference here, Dr. Sania said that the interest-free loans would be disbursed in the next four years. As per policy, 50 percent interest-free loans would be disbursed among females. She said over 391 cheque distribution ceremonies had already been held across the country where 86,151 interest-free loans worth Rs 3.02 billion were given out to the deserving persons. Moreover, 28 Federal Government departments had been interlinked with each other to make it one-window social protection operation, to assist beneficiaries of social protection besides reducing duplication, she maintained.

Source: Pakistan Today July 06, 2019 13:18 UTC