Next year
Kamyab Pakistan Programme aims at taking the country towards a welfare state
ISLAMABAD
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that loans worth Rs1 trillion will be provided to 4.5 million deserving households under the Kamyab Pakistan Programme by the next year to lift them out of poverty and enable them earn their livelihoods.
The prime minister said this while addressing a ceremony in connection with the launch of disbursement of interest free loans under the Kamyab Pakistan Programme on Wednesday.
He said that loans to the tune of Rs2.5 billion have already been disbursed under the programme. The prime minister said that the Kamyab Pakistan Programme aimed at taking the country towards a welfare state, will be further expanded.
The prime minister said that Kamyab Pakistan Programme envisages interest free loans of Rs500,000 for businesses, Rs350,000 for the farmers and Rs2 million for construction of houses. He said that technical training will also be provided to one member of each deserving family in order to help them stand on their own feet.
Alluding to other pro-people initiatives including the health insurance scheme, he said this path, which was envisioned by philosopher poet Dr Allama Iqbal, will take the country towards greatness. He regretted that Pakistan in the past could not achieve its due place in the comity of nations because it did not pursue the ideology for which it was created. He noted that the nations which forget their ideology never succeed.
The prime minister said he is inaugurating Rahmatul-lil Alameen authority on Thursday (today) and the aim is to acquaint the youth with the life and teachings of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH).
The prime minister also expressed satisfaction over the record revenue collection made by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), saying it is because of enhanced revenue, the government was able to reduce the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs10 per litre and the electricity tariff by Rs5 per unit.
Urging the people to pay their taxes, he assured that this revenue will be used to uplift the poor class and reduce the burden of inflation on the people.
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin highlighted the key features of Kamyab Pakistan Programme. He said that after being tested in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the KPP is being launched all across the country.
The minister said this is a great beginning towards making the country a welfare state on the lines of Riyasat-e-Madina dreamt by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
He said that KPP has four basic objectives that include provision of interest free loans to farmers; urban people to start businesses, construction of houses and to provide technical training to one member of a deserving family. He said the initiatives taken by the government were aimed at teaching the people to ‘catch the fish’ instead of just feeding them. TLTP
