ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday formally announced PM’s Ramazan Package 2026 , a Rs38 billion relief initiative designed to support over 12 million families through a digital payment system, according to APP.
the prime minister said, while addressing the ceremony, they had done away with the old distribution system last year as the stuff provided to the deserving families under the system was of low quality and people used to wait in queues, compromising their self-respect.
After introducing digital system, he said that direct cash payments were made to the deserving families under a new cashless digital system last year. The PM stated a third-party audit of Rs20billion allocated for the relief package previous year, for the deserving, found the distribution mechanism highly transparent and free from corruption.
The prime minister, in an address broadcast on national Tv channels, said that on the basis of previous years’ experience, this year, the package would be distributed with new commitment and improvement, adding each deserving family would now get an enhanced amount of Rs13,000.
He said a sum of Rs 38 billion would be distributed through wallets and digital banking in all the four provinces, Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan involving huge efforts in terms of volume and challenge.
On the occasion, Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Syed Imran Ahamd Shah said an increased amount of Rs13,000 would be provided to each deserving family while Rs10 billion had also been allocated for those already benefitted from the system.
He said that the digital banking and cashless economy not only enhanced transparency but also saved public time and their dignity.
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