Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday inaugurated the country\u2019s largest poverty alleviation scheme to combat hunger by providing food to the poor, as part of his ambitious plan to build a Madina-like welfare state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ehsaas-Saylani Langar Scheme, which has been launched in coordination with the Saylani Trust, one of the country\u2019s biggest welfare organisations, aims to provide hygienic food to the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe scheme will be expanded to smaller cities of the country. We will try that no one remains hungry because states do not flourish if their people sleep on empty stomachs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll the steps taken by the government are aimed at uplifting the lower strata of the society, ultimately making the country into a welfare state,\u201d The Express Tribune quoted Khan as saying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ehsaas Programme\u2019s head Dr Sania Nishtar said that the government intends to open 112 soup kitchens in the first phase of the scheme, which would be completed in a year. The soup kitchens will provide food to 600 people in the capital on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khan congratulated Nishtar as well as the Saylani Trust for initiating the programme and claimed that none of the previous administrations had spent on welfare as much as his government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He repeated his ambition to build a welfare state, based on the model of the state of Madina, where the poor section of the society will be uplifted. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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