*ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday launched the NationalPoverty Graduation Initiative to help the poor fight poverty by providingthem interest-free loans.*
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the initiative in federal capital, hesaid the government will introduce new initiatives under the umbrella ofthe Ehsas Programme every month to pull the people out of poverty.
The prime minister distributed cheques of varying amounts of interest-freeloans to help the poor set up businesses on a small scale to uplift theirliving standards.
The prime minister regretted previously, people came to power to serve themasses but instead served their interests.
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“Naya Pakistan will pull the poor out of poverty,” said Mr Khan, citingChinese example of bringing as many as 70o million people out of povertyover a period of 30 years.
