Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr. Sania Nishtar says the government has successfully completed the target of disbursement of Ehsaas Emergency Cash among 12 million beneficiaries.

In a tweet, she said in view of the success of Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme and people's needs, the government has set a new target of over 16 million beneficiaries.

She said so far, over 145 billion rupees have been distributed among more than 12 million labourers.