KP govt announces Rs10,000 cash assistance for families

Ramadan Package
PESHAWAR
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced a Ramadan relief package, under which Rs. 10,000 in cash assistance will be provided to 5,000 families in each provincial constituency. Additionally, a special monitoring cell will be established at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat to regulate prices of essential commodities and curb hoarding and profiteering during the holy month. The initiative aims to provide financial relief to low-income families and ensure price stability in markets.
This was disclosed by the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Khan Gandapur while chairing 22nd meeting of the Provincial Cabinet here on Friday.
The cabinet meeting was attended by Ministers, Advisors, Special Assistants, Additional Chief Secretaries, Senior Member Board of Revenue and Administrative Secretaries. The Chief Minister directed the cabinet members to be prepared for keeping close contact with the people at the grass root level to ensure that nobody takes undue benefit from the needs of the people during the holy month of Ramadan.
He also said that all MPAs will be asked to help prepare the lists of such deserving families so that the aforementioned assistance reaches them (the deserving families) without any discrimination. The Chief Minister also directed his cabinet colleagues to ensure their visits to each and every corner of the Province and interact with the people at large and include their inputs in their proposals for the next Annual Development Program.
He directed that work must be started in preparation for the next year ADP, particularly when the provincial government has come out of ructions of the throw forward liabilities. He said that while the government had achieved a 90 per cent target, they must try to achieve a cent per cent target. While recommending schemes, the Chief Minister said that the MPs must ensure their schemes are viable, self-sustainable, and beneficial to the general masses.
The Cabinet on this occasion approved the revised PC-1/DCE’S of the project “Up-gradation of IRNUM PET-CT/Cyclotron Project”. This project is aimed at uplifting the infrastructure and provision of diagnostic facilities in therapeutic cancer treatment to the patients.
It also approved the extension of the ‘D-Talk and Insulin for life’ project with the help of foreign grant worth US$ 5.00 Million. This project provides free-of-cost insulin and medicines to the diabetic population of the province with particular focus on needy patients.
At present 85,789 patients are registered under the project at 22 districts through 26 insulin banks/centres across the province. The Chief Minister on this occasion pointed out that diabetes diseases are spreading in the province at an alarming rate, therefore, he stressed that awareness for its prevention be created among the general public.
The cabinet approved a detailed proposal for conversion of Provincial Government MI-17 Helicopters into an air ambulance. The proposal includes a provision of Rs.150.00 million costs. The cabinet directed the Aviation Wing of Administration Department to carry out the modification of the helicopter as per ambulance requirement and its operation by rescue 1122.