KP approves Ramazan package

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Friday approved the Ramazan/Eid financial assistance package for the poor, destitute, widows, orphans and transgender persons across the province.

Over a million deserving families will benefit from the package without any discrimination in a transparent manner.

Each family will be paid Rs10,000/- and the bank/disbursing charges too will be borne by the KP government; thus not a single penny will be deducted from those for whom it is meant.

The approval was given at the 25th meeting of the cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, said a handout.

Apart from cabinet members, the chief secretary, additional chief secretaries, Senior Member Board of Revenue, administrative secretaries and advocate general attended the meeting.

The chief minister directed that the assistance should be provided to the deserving families through banks and easy paisa and be disbursed before the 15th of Ramazan.

In view of the fact that the fall of Ramadan was expected on Feb 28 or March 1, the cabinet directed all the government servants and pensioners in the province be released salaries and pensions for the current month on February 25 in advance.

The cabinet approved the renaming of Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium Shahi Bagh as Imran Khan Cricket Stadium Shahi Bagh, Peshawar.

The cabinet approved an annual grant of Rs 4.920 million for as many as 15 orphan students enrolled at Abbottabad Public School and College.

It approved allocation and release of funds amounting to Rs1028.673 million to pay the nine months salaries of 3687 teachers of the Elementary and Secondary Education Foundation for uninterrupted education of 181,233 students studying in 2325 Girls Community Schools across the province.