Under the programme, he said, a concept of mobile kitchens (kitchens on trucks) had been introduced which would be plied all over the country to provide free meal to the needy and hungry people.
“Koi Bhuka Na Soye programme is the beginning of Pakistan’s transformation into a welfare state,” the prime minister said at the launching ceremony during his visit to an Ehsaas Langar Khana in the federal capital.
Launches ‘Koi Bhuka Na Soye’ programme for poor, labourers
PM Khan said that through the subsidy programme, to be carried out under the umbrella of Ehsaas, amounts would be directly credited to the accounts of poor people, enabling them to buy basic items like wheat flour, sugar, ghee, pulses, etc.
March 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday formally launched the Ehsaas “Koi Bhooka Na Soye” initiative in Islamabad.
Under the initiative, cooked meals will be provided through mobile trucks at designated delivery points to the people in need especially those at risk of or experiencing hunger.
Initially, the Ehsaas Food Trucks are being operated in Islamabad and Rawalpindi and at the later stage, the Koi Bhooka Na Soye programme will be further expanded to other parts of the Country.
Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI distributing meal among the deserving earlier today.
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While addressing the Launching Ceremony, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the programme is a step towards a welfare state, which always cares for its poor and deserving people.
Over 619,601 provided services in panagahs
Islamabad
March 4, 2021
Islamabad: Some 619,601 unprivileged persons including passengers and homeless have so far benefited in last six months from various panagahs (shelter homes) set up in various cities of the country to serve the marooned persons, said official sources.
According to latest data released by Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM), as many as 67,206 persons were provided accommodation, 552,395 meals in various Panahgahs (shelter homes) from September 1, 2020 to date.
In February, 2021 some 11,834 marooned persons were provided shelter, some 10,893 served meal and 941 provided accommodation facility during the entire month.
In shelter homes located at Islamabad Capital Territory areas (ICT), total beneficiaries were 558,978, meal was provided to 493,097 and shelter to 65,881 persons.
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A FAMILY a father [left] and his two children is among many who are offered meals at Surjani Town Panahgah everyday. Fahim Siddiqi / White Star
ON Thursday, a little after sunset, there is something more to add to routine business and the customary congestion at Surjani Town’s Sector 8 as dozens of men, women and children are lined up outside a double-storey building along the main service lane waiting for their turn to enter the recently renovated structure while a few labourers offload cauldrons of cooked food from a charity service van.
People entering the building are asked to wear face mask and those who do not have it are offered one. This is Panahgah first of its kind in the metropolis as part of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s initiative after more than 100 such centres have already been established in different parts of the country offering free food and shelter to the less privileged segment of society.