PM Shehbaz directs third-party audit of Ramazan package
Pakistan
As many as 2,224 employees were deployed for Ramazan Relief Package
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the third-party audit of Ramazan relief package.
Chairing a review meeting on Prime Minister's Ramazan Relief Package in Islamabad on Monday, he appreciated the efforts of the State Bank of Pakistan, NADRA and tech companies in ensuring transparency of the package.
The prime minister said that the Ramazan Relief Package has been introduced across the country including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, without any discrimination.
He said payments are being made to the deserving individuals through a highly convenient and transparent digital wallet system.
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The prime minister instructed that this model should be adopted for other government schemes as well.
The meeting was informed that about 63pc of the deserving families have received the amount.
It was told that a total of 2,224 employees were deployed for the Ramazan Relief Package. More than 1.5 million beneficiaries were contacted via telephone calls.
The meeting was attended by Minister for National Food Security Rana Tanveer Hussain, Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, Minister for IT and Telecom Shaza Fatima, Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Haroon Akhtar.
