{"id":63895,"date":"2020-04-10T11:57:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T06:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63895"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:57:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T06:57:45","slug":"covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program kicks off across country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Dr Sania Nishtar on Thursday notified that the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program had been launched across the country; with its &#8216;Kafalat&#8217; beneficiaries now actively receiving cash payments, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-seeks-punjab-model-construction-industry-revival.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh govt seeks Punjab model of construction industry revival (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh govt seeks Punjab model of construction industry revival<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, Nishtar revealed that special arrangements had been made to maintain physical distancing at the disbursement points in order to contain the spread of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-mulls-downwards-target-revision.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"novel coronavirus (opens in a new tab)\">novel coronavirus<\/a>. The programme offers PKR 12,000 per family and a total of PKR 144 billion is expected to be distributed among 12 million needy and deserving families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-allow-industries-with-residential-colonies-function.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Sindh to allow industries with residential colonies to function (opens in a new tab)\"> <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-allow-industries-with-residential-colonies-function.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Sindh to allow industries with residential colonies to function (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh to allow industries with residential colonies to function<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The payments will be made across the country after biometric verification of the beneficiaries for the next two and a half weeks. The disbursement points are spread across the country, including all provinces, federal capital, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-urged-provide-interest-free-loans-small-traders.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh govt urged to provide interest-free loans to small traders (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh govt urged to provide interest-free loans to small traders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The needy families can send their personal\ninformation including National Identity Card (NIC) numbers at 8171 in order to\nbe considered for the payment. Additionally, people can get more information regarding\nthe payment on the toll-free helpline number: 0800-26477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Dr Sania Nishtar on Thursday notified that the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program had been launched across the country; with its &#8216;Kafalat&#8217; beneficiaries now actively receiving cash payments, a news source reported. Read: Sindh govt seeks Punjab model of construction industry revival As per the publication, Nishtar revealed that special arrangements had been made to maintain physical distancing at the disbursement points in order to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. The programme offers PKR 12,000 per family and a total of PKR 144 billion is expected to be distributed among 12 million needy and deserving families. Read: Sindh to allow industries with residential colonies to function The payments will be made across the country after biometric verification of the beneficiaries for the next two and a half weeks. The disbursement points are spread across the country, including all provinces, federal capital, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). Read: Sindh govt urged to provide interest-free loans to small traders The needy families can send their personal information including National Identity Card (NIC) numbers at 8171 in order to be considered for the payment. Additionally, people can get more information&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15020],"tags":[25834,25833,25375,24307,25832],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-azad-jammu-and-kashmir","10":"tag-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program","11":"tag-gilgit-baltistan-gb","12":"tag-novel-coronavirus","13":"tag-special-assistant-to-the-prime-minister-sapm-on-poverty-dr-sania-nishtar","14":"cat-15016-id","15":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19: Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program country - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Dr Sania Nishtar on Thursday notified that the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19: Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program country - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Dr Sania Nishtar on Thursday notified that the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-10T06:57:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-10T06:57:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ehsaas.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1173\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Noor Rehman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Noor Rehman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COVID-19: Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program country - Zameen News","description":"Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Dr Sania Nishtar on Thursday notified that the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"COVID-19: Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program country - Zameen News","og_description":"Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Dr Sania Nishtar on Thursday notified that the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2020-04-10T06:57:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-10T06:57:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1173,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ehsaas.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Noor Rehman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Noor Rehman","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html"},"author":{"name":"Noor Rehman","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/718378171443de9c5aeab691248bc465"},"headline":"COVID-19: Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program kicks off across country","datePublished":"2020-04-10T06:57:44+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-10T06:57:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html"},"wordCount":214,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ehsaas.jpg","keywords":["Azad Jammu and Kashmir","Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program","Gilgit-Baltistan (GB)","novel coronavirus","Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Dr Sania Nishtar"],"articleSection":["New Developments","Social Developments"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html","name":"COVID-19: Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program country - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ehsaas.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-10T06:57:44+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-10T06:57:45+00:00","description":"Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Dr Sania Nishtar on Thursday notified that the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ehsaas.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ehsaas.jpg","width":1173,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19: Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program kicks off across country"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/718378171443de9c5aeab691248bc465","name":"Noor Rehman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/05ae7b14a17c4fc89175ecf7dde699c5f5988a8b07f242526d142d216ca54a99?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/05ae7b14a17c4fc89175ecf7dde699c5f5988a8b07f242526d142d216ca54a99?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/05ae7b14a17c4fc89175ecf7dde699c5f5988a8b07f242526d142d216ca54a99?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Noor Rehman"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/rehman"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63896,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63895\/revisions\/63896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63895"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=63895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}