Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that Pakistan government will give four rupees more on every rupee donated for the Ehsaas Emergency Cash, a government’s flagship programme to assist the vulnerable and laid-off labourers amid the COVID-19.

He said in a tweet, “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.”

https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1262584614687735808 

The Prime Minister said Ehsaas data and transparency rules will apply on the payments to be made to the labourers and applications are open at https://ehsaaslabour.nadra.gov.pk/ehsaas/ ”

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Sania Nishter said to maximize the impact of PM COVID-19 funded Ehsaas Emergency Cash, the Prime Minister has committed that for each rupee donated by donors, four rupees will be committed by the government.

https://twitter.com/SaniaNishtar/status/1262434436903251973

It is pertinent to note that Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme for the job-loss affectees (category-4) on Sunday.