CM thanks PM for enhancing aid for deserving families

LAHORE :Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for enhancing financial assistance for the deserving families on his request and also increased financial aid from Rs4,000 to Rs12,000 each for 2.5 million impoverished and deserving families.

He said that the federal and Punjab governments were extending financial assistance to the needy and deserving families through collaboration in Ehsas Programme and CM Punjab Insaf Imdad Package, according to a handout issued here.

Under both these programmes, joint financial assistance payment would be made to the poor after verification of their whereabouts, and they would be paid a lump sum amount of Rs12,000, and in this connection, such families could submit their applications by April 7, while those already submitted applications did not need to resubmit.

Usman Buzdar maintained that federal government and Punjab government were on the same page to extend all-out help to the masses facing difficulties due to coronavirus pandemic. He praised Prime Minister Imran Khan for taking timely measures to effectively cope with the coronavirus. -