PM Imran launches Ehsaas-Saylani Langar Scheme in Islamabad.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday inaugurated the Ehsaas-Saylani Langar Scheme - one of the projects of the government's Ehsaas Programme that aims to combat hunger throughout the country - in Islamabad.

The scheme, which has been launched in coordination with the Saylani Trust, one of the country's biggest welfare organisations, aims to provide hygienic food to the poor. Speaking to the media on the occasion, Ehsaas Programme's head Dr Sania Nishtar said that the government intends to open 112 soup kitchens in the first phase of the scheme, which would be completed in a year. The soup kitchens will provide food to 600 people in the capital on a daily basis.

Dr Nishtar said that Prime Minister Imran had instructed that the food at the soup kitchens must be hygienic and provided to people in ample proportions "with respect".

"[The prime minister] has instructed that no person should go to bed hungry. This Ehsaas Langar programme has been launched in accordance with his wishes," she told the people present.

"As you know that this is a huge task and the government cannot do this alone. So we are signing an agreement with Saylani Trust welfare organisation, that enjoys a very good reputation, and together we will open 112 Ehsaas Saylani Langar Khaney all over the country. The prime minister has approved this.

"You will be happy to know that this soup kitchen has been established within 10 days [...] and we are positive that we will be able to open 112 soup kitchens within a short period of time."

She said that the prime minister wanted every person in the country to...