Govt disburses Rs149.879 billion to lockdown affectees through Ehsaas Programme.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has disbursed Rs149.879 billion to at least 12,384,243 lockdown affectees under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme.

The federal government had initiated the programme to distribute Rs12,000 among those affected by the coronavirus lockdown.

The payment process under different categories of the programme continued across the country.

According to the latest update received on July 6, a total of Rs67.156 billion had been disbursed to 5,547,709 deserving families in Punjab so far, while Rs44.902 billion have been disbursed among 3,723,230 families in Sindh.

Rs25.874 billion have been distributed among 2,131,284 beneficiaries in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while more than Rs7.604 billion have been disbursed among 625,934...

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