ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government will contribute four rupees to every rupee donated in the COVID-19 Relief Fund.
In a tweet on Tuesday, the prime minister said the relief fund has been fixed for the deserving people who have been laid off due to the lockdown.
Yesterday I met recipients of #EhsaasEmergencyCash Category IV for labourers laid off work, funded by Prime Minister’s COVID Relief Fund. For every rupee donated, govt will give 4 more. Ehsaas data & transparency rules apply fully. Applications are open at https://t.co/yQ1oWiVt8w
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 19, 2020
The prime minister said that Ehsaas data and transparency rules will apply to the payments made to the labourers.
Earlier on Monday, the prime minister visited an Ehsaas cash distribution site set up here in the Pakistan Sports Complex and witnessed the first batch of job-loss/livelihood-loss affectees, who received the emergency cash assistance of Rs 12,000 each through the system.
On the occasion, the prime minister inquired from different victims about the financial impacts in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of affectees apprised him about their issues and expressed gratitude to the prime minister for the financial support through the cash programme.
The prime minister said that the government had taken different decisions to ensure continuity in economic activities and has also opened different sectors.
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