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‘Ehsaas’ to provide Sehri, Iftar meals to deserving people National April 20, 2021 Karachi: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail has expressed optimism for the Ehsaas-Saylani Langar Scheme — one of the projects of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Ehsaas programme to construct shelter homes and combat hunger throughout the country. He said this on Monday during a meeting with Chairman Saylani Welfare Trust Maulana Basheer Ahmed Farooqui at the Governor House, and directed the chairman to ma...

Jeff Dean/AFP/Getty Images Last Thursday, eight people were killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, including four Sikh Americans. Thus far, not much is known about the shooter’s motivation, though his decision to target the FedEx location where he worked — which also has an employee population that’s about 90 percent Sikh — has renewed concerns about violence that members of the religious group have faced for years. “Whether it’s explicitly anti-Sikh bias o...

The “farm laws” introduce deregulation and facilitate large corporations into the sector with the stated intent of “modernising systems” and “helping farmers realise better prices”. The laws weaken state control over pricing and sale of food crops by allowing corporate retailers to directly buy from and enter into pre-agreed contracts with farmers, bypassing government marketing boards set up to ensure fair prices. They deregulate crop storage by allowing private traders to stockpil...

By Mumtaz Alvi SARGODHA: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that sugar mill owners extracted Rs126 to Rs140 billion from the pockets of the people by increasing the price of sugar by Rs26 in one year. Talking to the media after laying the foundation stone of low-cost housing units under the Naya Pakistan Housing Programme here, the prime minister said: “The government’s job is to protect its people.” He added that the government conducted an inquiry into the sugar scam through th...

Daily Times April 14, 2021 Ehsaas has opened 8171 SMS campaign here on Tuesday to enable the new deserving households to check their eligibility under Ehsaas Kafaalat programme. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Sania Nishtar said that the deserving families desiring to find out their eligibility status in the Kafaalat programme should send their Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) numbers on the SMS code 8171, which is activated fro...

PM Imran Khan wishes happy Baisakhi festival to Sikh community By PM Imran Khan wishes a "happy Baisakhi festival" to the Sikh community. The community has been given special permission to visit their holy Gurdwaras in Pakistan and attend the Baisakhi rituals. The Baisakhi festival marks New Years day for the Sikh community. ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday wished a "happy Baisakhi festival" to the Sikh community, saying that the Sikh diaspora and other yatrees will be facil...

PM Imran Khan grants special permission for Sikh, Indian pilgrims to visit holy sites on Baisakhi Wed 14th April 2021 | 02:36 PM Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday wishing the Sikh community a joyful Baisakhi said the government had granted special permission to Sikh diaspora and Indian pilgrims to visit their holy sites in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Apr, 2021 ) :Prime MinisterImran Khan on Wednesday wishing the Sikh community a joyful Baisakhi said the go...

PM grants special permission for Sikh, Indian pilgrims to visit holy sites on Baisakhi April 14, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday wishing the Sikh community a joyful Baisakhi said the government had granted special permission to Sikh diaspora and Indian pilgrims to visit their holy sites in Pakistan. “We have granted Sikh Diaspora and Indian Yatrees special permission to visit their holy Gurdwaras in Pakistan & attend the Baisakhi rituals,” the prime minister said in a...

Four trucks kickstart anti-hunger programme CM says Iftar will also be offered to people on the routes A villager prepares roti (bread) in her mud house in the village Bhattian Jivery at Tharparkar June 25, 2008. Soaring food prices and shortages of staples mean about 77 million people of Pakistans 160 million population are food insecure, a 28 percent increase over the past year, according to U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) estimates. The term food insecure means people are unable to get suffi...

PM Imran Khan launches Ehsaas Koi Bhooka Na Soye Programme in Punjab, KP By Sunday Apr 11, 2021 Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing the virtual event held in Islamabad, on April 11, 2021 to kick off the governments Ehsaas Koi Bhooka Na Soye programme in Peshawar, Lahore, and Faisalabad. — PID PM Imran Khan announces launching the Koi Bhooka Na Soye initiative of PTIs Ehsaas Programme in Peshawar, Lahore, and Faisalabad. The Koi Bhooka Na Soye programme would distribute free food through m...