ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has launched the Ramazan package 2025 worth Rs20 billion to provide relief to deserving families in the holy month of fasting.
Addressing the ceremony, the premier said Rs5,000 will be provided per family under the package, adding that discount will also be provided on various items at the utility stores.
He said the cash assistance will be distributed among the families through a digital system, adding that transparency will be ensured in it.
PM Shehbaz Sharif said people will no longer be needed to wait in long queues to get the relief amount.
He stated that the Ramazan package is being introduced nationwide without any discrimination, ensuring that deserving families from all cities, from Karachi to Gilgit, will benefit from this package.
He explained that the transparency of the Ramadan package for 2025 is commendable due to the efforts of the State Bank of Pakistan, tech institutions, and NADRA.
“It is the result of the hard work of these organizations that the Ramadan package will reach the deserving individuals,” he said.
The prime minister also expressed his deep grief over a terrorist attack on Darul Uloom Haqqani in Nowshera, in which Maulana Hamid ul Haq lost his life.
He said that Madrassa Haqqania was a renowned center of Islamic studies, and yesterday’s terrorist incident was highly condemnable.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government would immediately bring the perpetrators to book, he said, adding in the year 2018, terrorism was eliminated from the country.
He said the menace raised its head in the recent times and everyone knew the reasons behind it. With the unmatched sacrifices of the security forces and nation’s support, terrorism will be eradicated forever.
