Pakistan Post Foundation helps deliver new flagship Ehsaas Kifalat.

ISLAMABAD -- Preparations for the new Kifalat Cash-Transfer Programme are underway at the Pakistan Post Foundation, with eligibility letters ready to be delivered to the first wave of beneficiaries across the country.

The process of readying the official letters for distribution was inspected during a visit over the weekend by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Sania Nishtar and Federal Minister for Communications and Postal Services, Murad Saeed.

They saw how the official envelopes were printed, stuffed with letters and sorted into geographical areas, and then handed to the postmen for delivery to those families that needed support the most.

'The new Kifalat programme will benefit millions of women and families across the country and these letters are now ready to go out to the first wave of beneficiaries,' Dr Nishtar during the visit commented.

'All parts of the government have a role to play in ending poverty and creating a welfare state, and I was impressed by the dedication of the postal service in this effort.'

The Kifalat is a key policy of the Ehsaas poverty alleviation programme, which is...