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2.2 mln families to get cash assistance in first phase: Ajmal Wazir
April 06, 2020

Advisor to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Information Ajmal Khan Wazir says two point two million families of the province will be given twelve thousand rupees each in the first phase under Ehsas Cash Programme.

In a media briefing in Peshawar on Monday, he said six thousand rupees per family will be given in the next phase.

Ajmal Wazir said Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has approved one point two billion rupees from Zakat fund for one hundred thousand deserving families.

He said Pak-Afghan border at Torkham will remain open till Thursday.

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