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Under the Integrated Social Protection Development Programme, ADB will provide a regular loan of $600 million and a $3 million grant from the Asian Development Fund, and will administer a $24 million grant from the Education Above All Foundation. Special Assistant to the PM for Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar said that ADB is a trusted and long-standing partner of Pakistan. TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $603 million results-based lending programme to strengthen and expand social protection programmes in Pakistan. According to a statement issued by Manila-based bank on Wednesday, the programme using conditional cash transfers will support the implementation of Ehsaas, the country\u2019s national social protection and poverty reduction strategy. 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