Over 3500 needy enjoy ideal dine, sleep environment in 'Panahgahs' daily.

ISLAMABAD -- Shelter Homes of the federal capital were providing daily homelike dine and sleep environment to over 3,500 destitute and homeless in harsh winter's condition.

The facilities offer to over 500 homeless persons for their stay at night in a cozy atmosphere during cold weather and food centers (Langar Khanas) were serving nutritious hygienic meal daily to more than 3,000 poor and needy, according to official data issued here.

'Prior to opening of shelter homes in Islamabad, I was forced to sleep sometime at bus stands and occasionally in public parks, but now there are home like facilities at key locations of Islamabad that not only provide a night-stay, but also serve food under a very neat and clean environment,' said a labourer, Abdul Rehman Khan while talking to this scribe at Peshawar Morr 'Panahgah'.

He lauded government's efforts for taking care of its downtrodden segments of society, saying it was the first time in the history of Pakistan that poor people were being owned by the state.

Another daily wager, Asghar Khan said earlier, he used to pay Rs 2,500 per month for a small room at Faizabad, and had to spend between Rs 3,000 and Rs 3,500 every month for food. However, those shelter homes helped him save more than Rs 6,000...

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