Pakistan’s flagship social protection initiative, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), has announced an increase in stipends across its major schemes ahead of Ramadan, providing additional financial relief to around 10 million beneficiary families nationwide. Read More: Over Rs 83 billion disbursed among Benazir Kafaalat beneficiaries BISP Chairperson Rubina Khalid said the quarterly payment under […]
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Minister warns trade unionists against following ‘outdated labour politics’
Sindh Minister for Labour, Human Resources, and Social Protection, Saeed Ghani, has warned that if trade unionists continue to follow outdated methods of labour politics, the labour movement will decline even further over the next decade. He urged workers’ representatives to adapt to changing times and evolving circumstances to safeguard their future. Speaking as the […]
Pakistan, Germany seal €114m development cooperation deal
ISLAMABAD: The Governments of Pakistan and Germany successfully concluded the 2025 Pakistan-Germany Bilateral Negotiations on Development Cooperation in Islamabad. The talks were co-chaired by Muhammad Humair Karim, Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and Christine Toetzke, Director-General of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Ambassadors Ina Lepel and Saqlain Syeda also […]
Punjab to present ‘people-friendly’ budget tomorrow with focus on growth
LAHORE — The Punjab government is gearing up to unveil its fiscal budget for 2025-26 on Monday, with promises of no new taxes and a strong focus on development, social protection, and transparency. Provincial Finance Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman will present the budget in the Punjab Assembly following its approval in a special cabinet meeting. […]
PM’s all social protection initiatives new, fresh, Farrukh tells Bilawal
ISLAMABAD: Reminding Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari of the Ehsaas initiative’s novelty, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Tuesday said that all the projects of social protection launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan were new and fresh. In a reaction to Bilawal Bhutto’s statement about the initiative, he cited names […]
World Bank praises Ehsaas Emergency Cash for its social protection
The World Bank recognized Ehsaas Emergency Cash among top four social protection interventions globally in terms of a number of people covered, according to an official statement issued on Saturday. The statement said that the World Bank has just released a report on global social protection responses to Covid-19 and this report is called […]