ISLAMABAD – Pakistanlink Bait-ul-Mal (PBM)and Pakistan link Poverty Alleviation Fund(PPAF) would jointly provide soft loans to the passed out trainees of Womenlink Empowerment Centres(WECs) of PBM under the umbrella of Ehsaas Programme.
In this regard, an MoU signing ceremony was held here. Under this MoU, softloans will be offered to 25,000 passed out trainees fromlink Womenlink Empowerment Centresof Pakistan linkBait-ul-Malenabling them to live an independent life.
Chairperson BISP/Minister for Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety Net Dr.Sania Nishter, Secretary Ministry of Poverty Alleviation & Social SafetyDivision, Shaista Sohail, Managing Director PBM, Aon Abbas Buppi and CEOPPAF Qazi Azmat were also present in the signing ceremony.
Addressing the ceremony, Dr. Sania Nishter said the country’s prosperityand uplift was directly linked to womenlink participation indifferent spheres of life.
Eulogizing the Bait-ul-Mal’s role for empowering the vulnerable womenlink, she said the passedout students from link WECswere capable enough to leadlink an honorable lifeutilizing their skills, said a press release.
“It’s much needed in present circumstances that they must be financiallyempowered to help their families extricate fromlink poverty trap”, sheadded.
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Paying tribute to the working womenlink, Managing DirectorPBM said women link ofPakistan link hadreally come forward and proved their worth in alllink walks of life.
He told that PBM had been taking tangible measures for the promotion andprotection of womenlink rightsby accommodating them in the fields of healthcare, educationlink, economy, rehabilitation andself-reliance with its 160 WECs throughout the country.
Managing Director PBM, Aon Abbas also expressed his enthusiasm for theexpansion of WECs in order to accommodate the maximum poorlink womenlink throughout thecountry. CEO PPAF Qazi Azmat termed this initiative vital for bringingpleasant change in the lives of poorlink womenlink of the country.
