{"id":63545,"date":"2020-04-02T17:09:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T12:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63545"},"modified":"2020-04-02T17:09:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T12:09:19","slug":"punjab-formulating-strategy-to-support-needy-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-formulating-strategy-to-support-needy-citizens.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt, welfare organisations discuss strategy to support needy citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid recently held a meeting at the Deputy Commissioner\u2019s office with several philanthropists and welfare organisations to work out a strategy to support the needy section of the province amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to news sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/1000-bed-hospital-set-up-expo-centre-punjab-set-8-labs-diagnose-covid-19-cases.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"1,000-bed hospital set up in Expo Centre; Punjab to set up 8 labs to diagnose COVID-19 cases (opens in a new tab)\">1,000-bed hospital set up in Expo Centre; Punjab to set up 8 labs to diagnose COVID-19 cases<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Rashid revealed that a list of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ehsaas-emergency-cash-programme-sms-service-begin-next-week.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" labourers (opens in a new tab)\"> labourers<\/a> and street vendors was being finalised at the UC level to provide support to the deserving sections of the society \u2013 as per the instructions of Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar. She also said that the government was working to equip the said demographic with living essentials like flour, rice, sugar, edible oil, soaps, pulses, and other necessities. She assured that the government was aware of the issues being faced by the masses amid the coronavirus outbreak \u2013 and was \u2018doing its best\u2019 to provide relief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong>  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-philanthropists-requested-make-generous-donations-help-needy.html\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19: Philanthropists requested to make generous donations to help the needy<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was attended by Executive Director Akhuwat Dr Amjad Saqib and Professor Hussain Jaffery, among other notable members of prominent welfare organisations. The attendees were informed that Akhuwat (a leading global free microfinance and social development organisation) had already launched a ration supply initiative for the country\u2019s marginalised sections. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid recently held a meeting at the Deputy Commissioner\u2019s office with several philanthropists and welfare organisations to work out a strategy to support the needy section of the province amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to news sources. Read: 1,000-bed hospital set up in Expo Centre; Punjab to set up 8 labs to diagnose COVID-19 cases Minister Rashid revealed that a list of labourers and street vendors was being finalised at the UC level to provide support to the deserving sections of the society \u2013 as per the instructions of Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar. She also said that the government was working to equip the said demographic with living essentials like flour, rice, sugar, edible oil, soaps, pulses, and other necessities. She assured that the government was aware of the issues being faced by the masses amid the coronavirus outbreak \u2013 and was \u2018doing its best\u2019 to provide relief. Read: COVID-19: Philanthropists requested to make generous donations to help the needy The meeting was attended by Executive Director Akhuwat Dr Amjad Saqib and Professor Hussain Jaffery, among other notable members of prominent welfare organisations. 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