SLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has granted Rs5 billion to an NGOAkhuwat working for poor women welfare in Pakistan.

PM announced the hefty grant to the NGO, Akhuwat, acknowledging it as aunique interest-free programme for poverty alleviation.

Akhuwat was the brainchild of Dr Amjad Saqib, a former District ManagementGroup Officer, who had served with Shahbaz Sharif as his deputy secretaryin 1997. Besides, he had worked as his key aide in many pro-poorinitiatives. In 2001, he founded the NGO after quitting the civil service.