ISLAMABAD- BEIJING, The COVID-19 pandemic may not have destroyed the planet, but it is certainly putting public and private institutions to a harsh test. In addition to its dire health consequences, the pandemic has decimated livelihoods ...

ISLAMABAD-Cash assistance of over 152 billion rupees has been distributed among more than 12.5 million working class people across Pakistan, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir. This was stated by Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr Sania Nishtar in a ...

ISLAMABAD-Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Dr Sania Nishtar on Wednesday called on Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan here at CM House.During the meeting matters pertaining to further extend the numbers and fortify the standard of ...

ISLAMABAD: PTI government to launch one of the biggest cash relief package in Pakistan over coronavirus outbreak. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar on Sunday said the federal government will provide cash assistance of 12,000 rupees to over 12 million ...

ISLAMABAD - Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar Saturday informed that four Grade-17 officers of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) dismissed from service on charges of corruption and misconduct. These officers got their ...

ISLAMABAD - Special Assistant on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar says National Poverty Graduation Initiative (NPGI) and Undergraduate Scholarships Programme has been launched under the Ehsaas program. Talking to Presidents of all Pakistan Women Chambers accompanied ...

ISLAMABAD - PTI government unveils an unprecedented step for Pakistani women in the Naya Pakistan Housing Programme. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation, Dr Sania Nishtar has said the entire "Ehsaas" programme is focused on economic empowerment of women and girls. In an ...

ISLAMABAD - Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division (PASSD) were planning to launch need-based Ehsaas undergraduate scholarship programme. According to details, through this programme, students qualifying for the project will have access to undergraduate education regardless of ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan link Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) and Pakistan link Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) would jointly provide soft loans to the passed out trainees of Women link Empowerment Centres (WECs) of PBM under the umbrella of Ehsaas Programme. In this regard, an MoU signing ceremony was held here. ...

LONDON – Dr Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has been awarded an honorary degree by King’s College London. According to a statement, “King’s College, London conferred the prestigious Doctor of Science Honoris Causa on Dr. Sania Nishtar on 16 October, ...