Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid met philanthropists and welfare organisations to chalk out a strategy for the support to the marginalised population in Punjab in the wake of corona restrictions at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office on Wednesday.
AKhuwat Executive Director Dr Amjad Saqib and Professor Hussain Jaffery were also present in the meeting along with notable members of leading welfare organisations.
Akhuwat, one of world’s largest interest free micro finance and social development organisations, has already started a programme for ration supply to the marginalised. The minister apprised the participants of the Punjab government plan to provide supplies and essentials to the labourers and street vendors.
The minister said, “We are preparing lists of labourers and street vendors at union council level so that support is provided to them. CM Usman has given us this task of ensuring livelihood of these marginalised groups of the society who are most affected by the restrictions. We are working with the philanthropists to provide essential rations like flour, rice, pulses, sugar, ghee or edible oil, soaps and other daily consumables.”
Dr Yasmin Rashid further said, “We are fully aware of the problems of the common man. We are trying our best to provide relief to the needy. At the same time, we are making all-out efforts to combat the corona threat.”
