Free shuttle service launched to facilitate dwellers for accessing outskirts' Panahgahs.

ISLAMABAD -- With mercury declines in the federal capital, the management of shelter homes has launched a free shuttle service to facilitate daily wage earners for reaching the 'Panahgahs', located in the city's outskirts.

'The service has been successfully running for a fortnight and won the trust of poor worker and casual labour for provision of transport from their place of work to their lodging, connecting hotspots of work and 'Panahgahs' in an effective manner,'

Prime Minister's Focal Person on Shelter Homes Naseem ur Rehman told the media here.

He said in a welcome gesture, Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal had provided a wagon and bus to the 'Panahgah' management that helped pass on the much-needed relief to the daily wage earners, who were forced to access those facilities that were located in suburban areas of the capital city such as Tarlai and Bara Kahu due to rush at inner city establishments.

Naseem said daily wage earners were being picked daily in evening from

most-convenient work places such as Sabzi Mandi and Peshawar Mor and dropped at Tarlai and Bara Kahu Panahgahs to ensure that none of the worker would sleep under open sky in such harsh weather.

'It was done in line with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan who has been strong proponent of providing all-out facilities to the downtrodden segment of the society,' he remarked.

He said the initiative would also help facilitate the dwellers' inter-Panahgahs movement to manage the spillover of daily wage earners at those facilities which are located on prime locations in the capital city.

Naseem termed the initiative as an out of the box solution to manage the growing influx of daily wagers, who flocked...