Action plan for poverty reduction under `Ehsaas programme´ discussed
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad : As the government’s fight against poverty picks pace, the PM’s Special Assistant on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar initiated detailed deliberations with the senior team of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) here Friday to discuss its plan of action to reducing poverty under the government’s flagship ‘Ehsaas programme.’ The PPAF is the lead implementing agency for the government’s National Poverty Graduation Initiative (NPGI), launched two weeks earlier by the Prime Minister under Ehsaas; NPGI is an important component of Pillar II of Ehsaas, which aims to provide livelihoods and social protection to vulnerable...