PM launches Langar Scheme for needy people).

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan launched Ehsaas Saylani Langar Scheme in Islamabad on Monday to provide free food to the needy and deserving people.

The Langar scheme is an important component of the PTI government's social protection program "Ehsaas." The scheme, currently being launched from the federal capital, will be gradually expanded to the entire country.

Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said the PTI government's steps are aimed at uplifting the lower strata of the society ultimately leading the country to a welfare state.

Appreciating the intuitive of Langar Scheme under Ehsaas Programme, he said the government will continue introducing such steps every month to improve living standard of the poor until people are fully employed.

He said efforts are underway to build the country on the pattern of the State of Madina where people would have equal rights.

He said the current government is taking measures to...