Over 0.5m needy fed at capital’s three shelter homes

Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration, during this year, has served food to 544,913 labourers and needy people at its three shelter homes (Panah Gahas) set up across the federal capital as a special initiative of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government.

At the onset of 2019, the shelter homes, having capacity to house around 430 people, were established at I-11, G-9 and Tarlai on the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Deputy Commissioner (DC), Islamabad Hamza Shafqaat said.

Giving details, he said 443,112 people were offered breakfast, lunch and dinners at I-11 shelter home, which had a capacity to provide shelter to some 250 people every night, adding that it remained at top in providing meals to labourers and destitute.

Panah Gahas at Tarlai and G-9 had offered food to 52,501 and 49,300 needy people during the first 11 months of this year, the DC added. He said 75,712 passengers had stayed at all of those shelter homes.