Ehsaas Tahafuz being expanded to other parts of country: Dr. Sania

MULTAN, Jan 08 (DNA): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty
Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr. Sania Nishtar on Saturday said
scope of the first ever shock-oriented precision safety net-Ehsaas
Tahafuz was being expanded to the other parts of the country this year.

Dr. Sania stated this during her visit to the Nishtar Hospital, Multan.
Vice Chancellor Dr. Rana Altaf, Secretary Health, Director General
Ehsaas Tahafuz and Director General Punjab, Ehsaas were also present on
the occasion.

In a meeting, Dr. Sania briefed the hospital management and officials
about the Ehsaas Tahafuz Program.

Dr. Sania said expensive treatment of deserving patients was provided
free of cost under the Ehsaas Tahafuz Program. She said the Ehsaas
Tahafuz Program was fully operational at Holy Family Hospital,
Rawalpindi presently and would be expanded to other parts of the country
this year.

Meanwhile, Dr. Sania also visited the Ehsaas Registration Center in
Gulgasht and interacted with the women and children who came for
registration as well the staff of Ehsaas.

Dr. Sania reviewed the digital enrollment of children of the existing
Ehsaas beneficiaries under the Ehsaas Education Stipend Program.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Sania said more than 490 registration
centers were operational in the country. She said since the National
Socio Economic Registry (NSER) registry had been completed, the
households which could not participate in the survey should register
through the registration centers.

Meanwhile, Dr. Sania also held a meeting with the students of Bahauddin
Zakariya University Multan who were beneficiaries of Ehsaas
Undergraduate Scholarship Program (EUSP).

Vice Chancellor, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Prof. Dr. Mansoor Akbar
Kundi, faculty members and Director General Ehsaas Punjab also
participated in the meeting besides students from South Punjab and
Sindh.

Dr. Sania encouraged the talented students to pursue higher education
with utmost dedication and received their feedback regarding the
scholarship program to make it more effective.

The Vice Chancellor of the University and students appreciated the
efforts of the government towards ensuring transparency in the program.
“We strive that the scholarships reach out to deserving students”, Dr.
Sania said.

This year, more than 122,000 scholarship applications have been received
under the program while 50,000 applications have been submitted by the
female students, she said. DNA

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