Day: January 24, 2022

Islamabad, January 24, 2022 (PPI-OT):A sub-National polio immunization campaign begins in sixty four districts across the country from today [Monday].

Over 22.4 million children under five years of age will be vaccinated during the campaign. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Services, Dr Faisal Sultan, who launched the campaign last Friday, said the country has recorded a historic low number of polio cases last year.

He said the government does not want to lose this opportunity and focus on sustaining the gains achieved last year. The Special Assistant said a targeted approach is being adopted to address the challenges in high-risk areas.

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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9103557
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Islamabad, January 24, 2022 (PPI-OT):Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says the PTI government has awakened the dormant conscience of world community over the ongoing Indian atrocities in the Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing a public gathering in Multan, he said Prime Minister Imran Khan has also raised awareness among international community on the issue of Islamophobia. The Foreign Minister said today the whole world is appreciating Pakistan’s successful foreign policy. He said Pakistan also played key role to avoid human crises in Afghanistan.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the internal strife in Afghanistan could cause migration of Aghan people towards Pakistan. However, due to the positive role played by Pakistan, the situation remained peaceful. He said owing to successful policies of the incumbent government, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf would return to people successfully in 2023 general elections.

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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9103557
Email: info@moib.gov.pk
Website: http://www.moib.gov.pk

Islamabad, January 24, 2022 (PPI-OT):State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will announce monetary policy on Monday. The Governor of the State Bank Dr Reza Baqir will brief the media after the MPC meeting.

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Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Email: info@moib.gov.pk
Website: http://www.moib.gov.pk

Islamabad, January 24, 2022 (PPI-OT):Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati says Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision is to augment business activities in the country. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Freight Train Service in Karachi on Monday, he said that the freight train service will help ease the delivery of goods to other parts of the country. He said that for the first time in history the railways will be made a for-profit entity and Pakistan railways will be made a state of the art institution.

On this occasion, Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi said that the development of Karachi will prosper the country as well as the province of Sindh. He said that the Sindh government is not doing any development work for the prosperity of the province including Karachi.

Speaking on the occasion, Governor Sindh Imran Ismail said that the present government has formed a better team to improve all the deficit institutions and now these institutions are on the path of development. He said that the Blue Economy can further improve the country’s economy.

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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Email: info@moib.gov.pk
Website: http://www.moib.gov.pk

Islamabad, January 24, 2022 (PPI-OT):January 24th marks the United Nations World Education Day, which is observed annually to promote “Education for All”. This World Education Day 2022, Ehsaas is launching the Ehsaas Taleemi Wazaif app to facilitate Ehsaas beneficiaries to enroll their children in the Ehsaas Taleemi Wazaif (School stipends) programme.

The android app can be accessed at Google play store. “Promoting education for all is a foremost priority of our government. Using the Taleemi Wazaif app of Ehsaas, families can enroll their children themselves without visiting any office. This landmark step will also help poorest families in saving their time and costs.” said Senator Dr. Sania Nishtar, SAPM in a press statement.

Ehsaas Taleemi Wazaif programme has been set up for nationwide execution after hard work and multiple inputs over the last 3 years. Ultimately, the programme aims to support education of 10 million children across all Tehsils of the country. Children aged 4 to 22 years from all Ehsaas eligible families can enroll for the school stipends of Ehsaas.

This programme includes primary, secondary and higher secondary school stipends for children to improve their access to education. In line with the Ehsaas’ weighted-in-favour-of-girls stipends policy for all conditional cash transfer programmes, girls get a higher stipend across all age groups.

Primary school going boys get a quarterly stipend of Rs. 1,500 and girls Rs. 2,000; secondary school boys receive Rs. 2,500 and girls Rs. 3,000; and at higher secondary level, boys get Rs. 3,500 and girls Rs. 4,000. To-date, more than 6.7 million children have been enrolled in this programme.

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