Sania Nishtar added : “The 8171 SMS service has been made free of charge for the public and the entire cost will be borne by Ehsaas” “Ehsaas has begun the process of enrolling new beneficiaries, which have been identified on the basis of the 2021 Ehsaas survey which is now 81% complete”

dailytimesPK Wednesday, April 14, 2021 4:56:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar added : “The 8171 SMS service has been made free of charge for the public and the entire cost will be borne by Ehsaas” “Ehsaas has begun the process of enrolling new beneficiaries, which have been identified on the basis of the 2021 Ehsaas survey which is now 81% complete”

app-en Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:42:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar remarked : “These standards have been laid out by a diverse group of orphanage organizations across Pakistan, all committed to delivering the best possible care to children who live in orphanages”

dailytimesPK Friday, April 9, 2021 7:44:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar remarked : “These standards have been laid out by a diverse group of orphanage organizations across Pakistan, all committed to delivering the best possible care to children who live in orphanages”

app-en Thursday, April 8, 2021 2:29:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “Owing to the technical nature of computerized ‘Ehsaas’ survey, massive training of master trainers, trainers, enumerators, and supervisors is an important element of the ‘’ survey methodology. This is also critical to ensure survey quality” “Ehsaas survey is free of cost and enumerators are not authorized to charge any fee for carrying out survey of households. This is entirely an apolitical survey being carried on a paperless approach. To get registered in ‘Ehsaas’, households should cooperate with the survey teams and share correct data when the survey teams visit them”

thenews-pk Saturday, April 3, 2021 4:51:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “Owing to the technical nature of computerized Ehsaas survey, massive training of master trainers, trainers, enumerators, and supervisors is an important element of the Ehsaas survey methodology. This is also critical to ensure survey quality”

app-en Friday, April 2, 2021 2:12:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “In the wake of the pandemic, Pakistan is amongst the first few countries that have made a commitment to protect human capital from negative coping strategies, and over a Billion dollars has been committed to accelerate programs for over 70 million households”

pakobserver Friday, April 2, 2021 6:11:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I welcome the analysis of this report on Pakistan quickly reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic and focused on saving lives and livelihoods,”

thenews-pk Thursday, March 25, 2021 4:46:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “Ehsaas is aware of the difficult working conditions for street vendors, but it is also a matter of fact that other citizens also have the right on the usage of public space,”

thenews-pk Tuesday, March 23, 2021 5:18:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I welcome the analysis of this report on Pakistan quickly reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic and focused on saving lives and livelihoods,”

app-en Monday, March 22, 2021 3:38:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Ehsaas is aware of the difficult working conditions for street vendors, but it is also the matter of fact that other citizens also have the right on the usage of public space”

app-en Monday, March 22, 2021 12:33:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I welcome the analysis of this report on Pakistan quickly reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic and focused on saving lives and livelihoods,”

app-en Saturday, March 20, 2021 6:18:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar added : “Not only is CPEC a remarkable demonstration of our time-tested friendship, but it is also an ideal milieu for socio-economic development which will contribute to uplifting people and graduating them out of poverty,”

geo-tv Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:16:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said ( about Strategy ) : “The Ehsaas Strategy stipulates the creation of ‘One- Window Ehsaas’ (Policy#4) to enable rule-based delivery of the multiple Ehsaas programmes through a singlewindow”

tribune Saturday, February 27, 2021 7:04:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said ( about Strategy ) : “The Ehsaas Strategy stipulates the creation of ‘One-Window Ehsaas’ (Policy # 4) to enable rule-based delivery of the multiple Ehsaas programmes through a single window”

app-en Friday, February 26, 2021 6:17:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I’m glad that almost half of the population of our country gets benefited from this programme,”

thenews-pk Friday, February 26, 2021 4:44:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar commented : “Ehsaas IFL is steering the socio-economic transformation of low-income communities countrywide, supporting them financially to establish small scale enterprises to improve their economic conditions. From July 2019 onwards, on average 80,000 interest free loans are being disbursed every month” “The expansion to new 28 districts will be premised on the human development index ranking of districts, poverty profiling and economic needs of the districts so that dependence of populations at the bottom of economic pyramid can be reduced on government’s social safety programmes in these areas,”

thenews-pk Friday, February 26, 2021 4:44:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Since the system is made end to end digital, monitoring is bedrocked in digital means as well. In this regard, a new cohort of qualified Compliance Monitors have been taken on board duly following hiring procedures of the government”

pakobserver Wednesday, February 24, 2021 3:31:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Through a set of instructional videos, I have responded to important queries and problems of disadvantaged populations who interact with me frequently on radio and social media” “If the deserving can gain from this awareness content and are able to easily navigate the Ehsaas’ digital registration and payment system, then that is worth it. In this regard, I would like to make an appeal to people and stakeholders, help us reach out to wider audience by rigorously disseminating and resharing this video compilation”

pakobserver Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:13:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I am grateful to the experts of the group for their suggestions. With their support we have been able to extend financial support to daily wagers through the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme and to expand it according to the ground realities,”

dailytimesPK Monday, February 15, 2021 5:24:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I am grateful to the experts of the group for their suggestions. With their support, we have been able to extend financial support to daily wagers through the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme and to expand it according to the ground realities,”

tribune Sunday, February 14, 2021 8:24:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I am grateful to the experts of the group for their suggestions. With their support we have been able to extend financial support to daily wagers through the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme and to expand it according to the ground realities,”

app-en Sunday, February 14, 2021 3:08:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Ehsaas survey is being executed in Lahore based on a hybrid approach. With the transparency and integrity at its core, the survey is being rolled out in collaboration with provincial government of Punjab, Punjab Education Department and district administration Lahore. Ehsaas partnering firm, SDPI will provide technical assistance to 1,350 teachers from provincial education department Lahore who are being trained to serve as enumerators”

dailytimesPK Thursday, February 11, 2021 7:15:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar remarked : "Drawing on strengths of all stakeholders, these standards have been devised to set a new precedent by improving the quality of orphan care as this aspect was neglected in the past with regard to public service delivery,"

tribune Friday, February 5, 2021 7:44:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “It is such a pleasure to open the first of its kind initiative in the country that aims to cover catastrophic health expenditures for deserving patients. ‘Ehsaas Tahafuz’ will cover the cost of pre-approved treatment packages,”

thenews-pk Thursday, January 28, 2021 4:45:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar commented : “Field visits and stakeholder consultations help to gauge program effectiveness and guide the implementation in a rapidly changing post-COVID environment”

app-en Monday, January 25, 2021 5:38:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “This dialogue will contribute to amplify policy inputs for improving access to higher education”

app-en Monday, January 25, 2021 5:38:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Ehsaas Tahafuz Project Management Unit is an important element in institutional arrangements and a crucial determinant of efficiency in programme delivery. It includes transparent mechanisms put in place for the purpose of coordinating, planning; financial management; procurement and provision of technical and implementation support”

dailytimesPK Friday, January 22, 2021 4:46:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Once the survey is completed, we will significantly enhance the quantum of social protection support to deserving people in the district. Ehsaas will benefit more than 25% population of South Waziristan this year”

dailytimesPK Wednesday, January 20, 2021 11:58:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Once the survey is completed, we will significantly enhance the quantum of social protection support to deserving people in the district. Ehsaas will benefit more than 25% population of South Waziristan this year”

app-en Wednesday, January 20, 2021 3:54:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “In order to better identify and characterize Ehsaas beneficiaries, standardized beneficiary targeting is a point of convergence for all Ehsaas implementing agencies executing several social protection and poverty alleviation programmes”

dailytimesPK Saturday, January 16, 2021 10:43:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “In order to better identify and characterize Ehsaas beneficiaries, standardized beneficiary targeting is a point of convergence for all Ehsaas implementing agencies executing several social protection and poverty alleviation programmes”

app-en Saturday, January 16, 2021 5:13:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The EDU will also track implementation of the goals and targets established under the performance agreement recently signed with the Prime Minister,”

thenews-pk Wednesday, January 13, 2021 4:26:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The survey is currently 22 per cent complete in Dera Ismail Khan and is progressing smoothly to accomplish soon. Nationwide, the Ehsaas survey on poverty profiling stands 61% complete and will be concluded before June 2021,” “To alleviate poverty in southern districts of KP including Dera Ismail Khan, Ehsaas is focusing on provision of the much needed social protection to poorer, widows, orphans, special persons, labourers and students though Kafaalat, Nashonuma, Waseela-e-Taleem Digital, Amdan, interest free loans, langar and undergraduate scholarship programmes. For the purpose, Ehsaas has launched a new computer aided survey in the region for precise identification of deserving households under multifaceted Ehsaas programme aimed to alleviate poverty and enhance the socio-economic conditions of underprivileged population in the region,”

thenews-pk Sunday, January 10, 2021 6:33:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The survey is currently 22 percent complete in Dera Ismail Khan and is progressing smoothly to accomplish soon. Nationwide, the Ehsaas survey on poverty profiling stands 61% complete and will be concluded before June 2021” “To alleviate poverty in southern districts of KP including Dera Ismail Khan, Ehsaas is focusing on provision of the much needed social protection to poorer, widows, orphans, special persons, labourers and students though Kafaalat, Nashonuma, Waseela-e-Taleem Digital, Amdan, Interest Free Loans, Langar and Undergraduate Scholarship programmes. For the purpose, Ehsaas has launched a new computer aided survey in the region for precise identification of deserving households under multifaceted Ehsaas programme aimed to alleviate poverty and enhance the socio-economic conditions of underprivileged population in the region”

app-en Friday, January 8, 2021 7:29:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The purpose of Waseela-e-Taleem is to promote integrity, transparency, accountability and to improve targeting. And the programme has been scaled up nationwide to address the problem of out-of-school children,”

thenews-pk Thursday, January 7, 2021 4:39:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “The programme targeting will also be aligned in keeping with results of Ehsaas National Socio-economic Registry survey that is currently 61% complete in the field and is expected to be concluded before June 2021 nationwide,”

thenews-pk Thursday, January 7, 2021 4:39:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : "The purpose of the deep-rooted digital reform in Waseela-e-Taleem under Ehsaas was to promote integrity, transparency, accountability and to improve targeting. And, the programme has been scaled up nationwide to address the problem of out of school children,"

tribune Wednesday, January 6, 2021 9:38:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The purpose of the deep-rooted digital reform in Waseela-e-Taleem under Ehsaas was to promote integrity, transparency, accountability and to improve targeting,”

geo-tv Wednesday, January 6, 2021 8:19:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The purpose of the deep-rooted digital reform in Waseela-e-Taleem under Ehsaas was to promote integrity, transparency, accountability and to improve targeting,” “As per the Ehsaas payment policy, all payments are bio-metrically verified in real-time; girls get Rs2,000 and boys to get Rs1,500 per quarter when 70% of school attendance is ensured”

thenews-pk Wednesday, January 6, 2021 8:07:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The purpose of the deep-rooted digital reform in Waseela-e-Taleem under Ehsaas was to promote integrity, transparency, accountability and to improve targeting. And, the programme has been scaled up nationwide to address the problem of out of school children”

app-en Wednesday, January 6, 2021 4:42:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar informed : “Since Ehsaas’ operations are largely digital, it is critical to ensure that IT safety measures are in place; more than 100 steps have been taken to secure the IT system in that regard over the last two years since she took over,”

thenews-pk Thursday, December 31, 2020 4:16:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “We will organise a hackers’ competition inviting ethical hackers to outline our vulnerabilities,”

tribune Wednesday, December 30, 2020 10:44:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The phase-wise survey continues in various districts across the country to enroll deserving households in Ehsaas. The entire survey process is expected to be completed before June 2021 across the country,” “Under the Ehsaas framework, the apolitical survey is committed to safeguarding utmost transparency because its findings would cater to changing socioeconomic conditions of the vulnerable populations in the post-COVID-19 Pakistan,”

app-en Thursday, December 17, 2020 3:36:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “This is a comprehensive and timely report from Delivery Associates, which helps us to reflect on the achievements of the Ehsaas program in its first year, while paving the way for continued success,”

dailytimesPK Friday, December 11, 2020 5:50:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “This is a comprehensive and timely report from Delivery Associates, which helps us to reflect on the achievements of the Ehsaas programme in its first year, while paving the way for continued success,”

thenews-pk Friday, December 11, 2020 4:33:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “This is a comprehensive and timely report from Delivery Associates, which helps us to reflect on the achievements of the Ehsaas program in its first year, while paving the way for continued success,”

app-en Thursday, December 10, 2020 2:05:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Ehsaas believes in an inclusive approach to ensure that special persons in our society are not left behind and they can assess equal opportunities”

app-en Thursday, December 3, 2020 7:12:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “We will have to focus on financial literacy to ensure that women draw maximum benefit from this empowering initiative” “Financial inclusion is a central goal of Ehsaas and key to unlocking the potential of millions of the most disadvantaged women, in Pakistan. By providing individuals with access to secure, useful and affordable financial products and services like transactions, payments, savings, credit and insurance, we are giving them the financial security required to escape poverty and create a better life for themselves and their families,”

dailytimesPK Saturday, November 28, 2020 5:55:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : "We need to focus on women's financial literacy so that they can take full advantage of these initiatives and become truly empowered, which is the main goal of this programme,"

thenews-pk Saturday, November 28, 2020 4:49:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “We will have to focus on financial literacy to ensure that women draw maximum benefit from this empowering initiative”

geo-tv Friday, November 27, 2020 9:50:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Truly honoured to be on the list of @BBC100women who have made a difference in 2020!”

geo-tv Wednesday, November 25, 2020 8:40:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The dramatic impact of Covid-19 presents us with a once-in-a-generation chance to build a fairer world and bring an end to poverty, inequality and the climate crisis. For this, women must be equal, empowered stakeholders,”

thenews-pk Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:47:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar announced : “Districts with the highest stunting rates are being included. For now, 22 Nashonuma Centers have opened in 9 districts. Overall, 52 Ehsaas Nashonuma centers will be established in 12 districts,”

thenews-pk Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:59:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “The basic structure would comprising a front end and a back-end. Physical Ehsaas center with hardware and prominent signage, android App and web interface would be at the front end, whereas open APIs architecture along with a guiding policy will work at the back end. In the initial phase, work has commenced on the first prototype of the Ehsaas physical centre and digital interfaces,”

thenews-pk Saturday, November 7, 2020 5:18:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “To make the Ehsaas undergraduate scholarship programme more responsive, the voices of students are critical”

TheFrontierPost-en Wednesday, November 4, 2020 11:17:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “This is the first time in the history of the country that Ehsaas Orphans and Orphanges’ Committee has developed basic operating standards to ensure quality care and service at all orphanages in the country. These standards are in their last stages of finalization and will be implemented soon nationwide”

thenews-pk Sunday, November 1, 2020 4:28:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “All families in 219 villages across LoC in AJK are under the persistent risk of unprovoked attacks and have sacrificed their lives, livestock, and properties. All families in these villages have been included in the Ehsaas program”

thenews-pk Sunday, September 6, 2020 10:30:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Through this innovative cash withdrawal facility, beneficiaries of Ehsaas Kafaalat will be able to open mobile wallets that will serve as fully functional branchless banking accounts,”

thenews-pk Saturday, August 29, 2020 4:52:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Through this innovative cash withdrawal facility, beneficiaries of Ehsaas Kafaalat will be able to open mobile wallets that will serve as fully functional branchless banking accounts”

dailytimesPK Thursday, August 27, 2020 5:13:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “We have to be very, very vigilant. This is not time to declare victory, but Pakistan as a country has done remarkably well,”

thenational Monday, August 24, 2020 3:36:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Widespread malnutrition is holding our country back and previous governments have failed repeatedly to take concrete action. Ehsaas Nashonuma will be the first-time serious efforts have been made to give all children in Pakistan the best possible start in life,”

dailytimesPK Thursday, August 13, 2020 5:06:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The government is investing efforts to protect children from stunting through development of the programme,”

tribune Wednesday, August 12, 2020 9:22:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “The programme is fully transparent, rule and merit based, and apolitical. Sindh gains the most from this programme, which shows the apolitical nature of programme,”

thenews-pk Friday, July 17, 2020 4:32:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “In 10 weeks, we have helped 11 million families, which represents the most extensive and the most transparent social protection operation ever undertaken in the history of the country and in the most difficult of circumstances,”

thenews-pk Thursday, July 2, 2020 4:57:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “In 10 weeks, we have helped 11 million families, which represents the most extensive and the most transparent social protection operation ever undertaken in the history of the country and in the most difficult of circumstances,”

thenews-pk Thursday, July 2, 2020 3:56:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : "I request people to wait for the message containing the date [of collection] and then go to the centres. If, however, someone's identity card has expired, they can still receive the [cash] payment,"

thenews-pk Friday, April 24, 2020 7:15:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : "I request people to wait for the message containing the date [of collection] and then go to the centres. If, however, someone's identity card has expired, they can still receive the [cash] payment,"

geo-tv Friday, April 24, 2020 4:23:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “It is possible that several people from one family apply, hence the number of families applying may be less than this number,”

thenews-pk Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:55:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I wanted to hear first-hand about people’s complaints pertaining to Ehsaas Emergency Cash distribution so that we can make improvements in real time,”

thenews-pk Monday, April 13, 2020 4:57:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Till Saturday morning, we have received sixty million, twenty seven lac, fifty thousand, four hundred and sixty one (62,750,461) SMS through the people from different areas under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme”

thenews-pk Sunday, April 12, 2020 4:42:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Till Saturday morning, we have received sixty million, twenty seven lac, fifty thousand, four hundred and sixty one (62750461) SMS through the people from different areas under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme”

thenews-pk Sunday, April 12, 2020 4:42:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : "Even in remotest & most conservative parts of country, women are actively participating to collect Rs.12,000, which are being given to them as part of Govt of Pakistan’s #EhsaasEmergencyCash program, which is a response to #COVID19 induced economic fallout for most disadvantaged"

geo-tv Saturday, April 11, 2020 7:32:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar added : “The 8171 SMS service has been made free of charge for the public and the entire cost will be borne by Ehsaas” “Ehsaas has begun the process of enrolling new beneficiaries, which have been identified on the basis of the 2021 Ehsaas survey which is now 81% complete”

dailytimesPK Wednesday, April 14, 2021 4:56:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar added : “The 8171 SMS service has been made free of charge for the public and the entire cost will be borne by Ehsaas” “Ehsaas has begun the process of enrolling new beneficiaries, which have been identified on the basis of the 2021 Ehsaas survey which is now 81% complete”

app-en Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:42:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar remarked : “These standards have been laid out by a diverse group of orphanage organizations across Pakistan, all committed to delivering the best possible care to children who live in orphanages”

dailytimesPK Friday, April 9, 2021 7:44:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar remarked : “These standards have been laid out by a diverse group of orphanage organizations across Pakistan, all committed to delivering the best possible care to children who live in orphanages”

app-en Thursday, April 8, 2021 2:29:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “Owing to the technical nature of computerized ‘Ehsaas’ survey, massive training of master trainers, trainers, enumerators, and supervisors is an important element of the ‘’ survey methodology. This is also critical to ensure survey quality” “Ehsaas survey is free of cost and enumerators are not authorized to charge any fee for carrying out survey of households. This is entirely an apolitical survey being carried on a paperless approach. To get registered in ‘Ehsaas’, households should cooperate with the survey teams and share correct data when the survey teams visit them”

thenews-pk Saturday, April 3, 2021 4:51:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “Owing to the technical nature of computerized Ehsaas survey, massive training of master trainers, trainers, enumerators, and supervisors is an important element of the Ehsaas survey methodology. This is also critical to ensure survey quality”

app-en Friday, April 2, 2021 2:12:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “In the wake of the pandemic, Pakistan is amongst the first few countries that have made a commitment to protect human capital from negative coping strategies, and over a Billion dollars has been committed to accelerate programs for over 70 million households”

pakobserver Friday, April 2, 2021 6:11:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I welcome the analysis of this report on Pakistan quickly reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic and focused on saving lives and livelihoods,”

thenews-pk Thursday, March 25, 2021 4:46:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “Ehsaas is aware of the difficult working conditions for street vendors, but it is also a matter of fact that other citizens also have the right on the usage of public space,”

thenews-pk Tuesday, March 23, 2021 5:18:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I welcome the analysis of this report on Pakistan quickly reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic and focused on saving lives and livelihoods,”

app-en Monday, March 22, 2021 3:38:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Ehsaas is aware of the difficult working conditions for street vendors, but it is also the matter of fact that other citizens also have the right on the usage of public space”

app-en Monday, March 22, 2021 12:33:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I welcome the analysis of this report on Pakistan quickly reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic and focused on saving lives and livelihoods,”

app-en Saturday, March 20, 2021 6:18:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar added : “Not only is CPEC a remarkable demonstration of our time-tested friendship, but it is also an ideal milieu for socio-economic development which will contribute to uplifting people and graduating them out of poverty,”

geo-tv Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:16:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said ( about Strategy ) : “The Ehsaas Strategy stipulates the creation of ‘One- Window Ehsaas’ (Policy#4) to enable rule-based delivery of the multiple Ehsaas programmes through a singlewindow”

tribune Saturday, February 27, 2021 7:04:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said ( about Strategy ) : “The Ehsaas Strategy stipulates the creation of ‘One-Window Ehsaas’ (Policy # 4) to enable rule-based delivery of the multiple Ehsaas programmes through a single window”

app-en Friday, February 26, 2021 6:17:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I’m glad that almost half of the population of our country gets benefited from this programme,”

thenews-pk Friday, February 26, 2021 4:44:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar commented : “Ehsaas IFL is steering the socio-economic transformation of low-income communities countrywide, supporting them financially to establish small scale enterprises to improve their economic conditions. From July 2019 onwards, on average 80,000 interest free loans are being disbursed every month” “The expansion to new 28 districts will be premised on the human development index ranking of districts, poverty profiling and economic needs of the districts so that dependence of populations at the bottom of economic pyramid can be reduced on government’s social safety programmes in these areas,”

thenews-pk Friday, February 26, 2021 4:44:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Since the system is made end to end digital, monitoring is bedrocked in digital means as well. In this regard, a new cohort of qualified Compliance Monitors have been taken on board duly following hiring procedures of the government”

pakobserver Wednesday, February 24, 2021 3:31:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Through a set of instructional videos, I have responded to important queries and problems of disadvantaged populations who interact with me frequently on radio and social media” “If the deserving can gain from this awareness content and are able to easily navigate the Ehsaas’ digital registration and payment system, then that is worth it. In this regard, I would like to make an appeal to people and stakeholders, help us reach out to wider audience by rigorously disseminating and resharing this video compilation”

pakobserver Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:13:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I am grateful to the experts of the group for their suggestions. With their support we have been able to extend financial support to daily wagers through the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme and to expand it according to the ground realities,”

dailytimesPK Monday, February 15, 2021 5:24:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I am grateful to the experts of the group for their suggestions. With their support, we have been able to extend financial support to daily wagers through the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme and to expand it according to the ground realities,”

tribune Sunday, February 14, 2021 8:24:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I am grateful to the experts of the group for their suggestions. With their support we have been able to extend financial support to daily wagers through the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme and to expand it according to the ground realities,”

app-en Sunday, February 14, 2021 3:08:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Ehsaas survey is being executed in Lahore based on a hybrid approach. With the transparency and integrity at its core, the survey is being rolled out in collaboration with provincial government of Punjab, Punjab Education Department and district administration Lahore. Ehsaas partnering firm, SDPI will provide technical assistance to 1,350 teachers from provincial education department Lahore who are being trained to serve as enumerators”

dailytimesPK Thursday, February 11, 2021 7:15:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar remarked : "Drawing on strengths of all stakeholders, these standards have been devised to set a new precedent by improving the quality of orphan care as this aspect was neglected in the past with regard to public service delivery,"

tribune Friday, February 5, 2021 7:44:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “It is such a pleasure to open the first of its kind initiative in the country that aims to cover catastrophic health expenditures for deserving patients. ‘Ehsaas Tahafuz’ will cover the cost of pre-approved treatment packages,”

thenews-pk Thursday, January 28, 2021 4:45:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar commented : “Field visits and stakeholder consultations help to gauge program effectiveness and guide the implementation in a rapidly changing post-COVID environment”

app-en Monday, January 25, 2021 5:38:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “This dialogue will contribute to amplify policy inputs for improving access to higher education”

app-en Monday, January 25, 2021 5:38:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Ehsaas Tahafuz Project Management Unit is an important element in institutional arrangements and a crucial determinant of efficiency in programme delivery. It includes transparent mechanisms put in place for the purpose of coordinating, planning; financial management; procurement and provision of technical and implementation support”

dailytimesPK Friday, January 22, 2021 4:46:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Once the survey is completed, we will significantly enhance the quantum of social protection support to deserving people in the district. Ehsaas will benefit more than 25% population of South Waziristan this year”

dailytimesPK Wednesday, January 20, 2021 11:58:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Once the survey is completed, we will significantly enhance the quantum of social protection support to deserving people in the district. Ehsaas will benefit more than 25% population of South Waziristan this year”

app-en Wednesday, January 20, 2021 3:54:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “In order to better identify and characterize Ehsaas beneficiaries, standardized beneficiary targeting is a point of convergence for all Ehsaas implementing agencies executing several social protection and poverty alleviation programmes”

dailytimesPK Saturday, January 16, 2021 10:43:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “In order to better identify and characterize Ehsaas beneficiaries, standardized beneficiary targeting is a point of convergence for all Ehsaas implementing agencies executing several social protection and poverty alleviation programmes”

app-en Saturday, January 16, 2021 5:13:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The EDU will also track implementation of the goals and targets established under the performance agreement recently signed with the Prime Minister,”

thenews-pk Wednesday, January 13, 2021 4:26:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The survey is currently 22 per cent complete in Dera Ismail Khan and is progressing smoothly to accomplish soon. Nationwide, the Ehsaas survey on poverty profiling stands 61% complete and will be concluded before June 2021,” “To alleviate poverty in southern districts of KP including Dera Ismail Khan, Ehsaas is focusing on provision of the much needed social protection to poorer, widows, orphans, special persons, labourers and students though Kafaalat, Nashonuma, Waseela-e-Taleem Digital, Amdan, interest free loans, langar and undergraduate scholarship programmes. For the purpose, Ehsaas has launched a new computer aided survey in the region for precise identification of deserving households under multifaceted Ehsaas programme aimed to alleviate poverty and enhance the socio-economic conditions of underprivileged population in the region,”

thenews-pk Sunday, January 10, 2021 6:33:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The survey is currently 22 percent complete in Dera Ismail Khan and is progressing smoothly to accomplish soon. Nationwide, the Ehsaas survey on poverty profiling stands 61% complete and will be concluded before June 2021” “To alleviate poverty in southern districts of KP including Dera Ismail Khan, Ehsaas is focusing on provision of the much needed social protection to poorer, widows, orphans, special persons, labourers and students though Kafaalat, Nashonuma, Waseela-e-Taleem Digital, Amdan, Interest Free Loans, Langar and Undergraduate Scholarship programmes. For the purpose, Ehsaas has launched a new computer aided survey in the region for precise identification of deserving households under multifaceted Ehsaas programme aimed to alleviate poverty and enhance the socio-economic conditions of underprivileged population in the region”

app-en Friday, January 8, 2021 7:29:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The purpose of Waseela-e-Taleem is to promote integrity, transparency, accountability and to improve targeting. And the programme has been scaled up nationwide to address the problem of out-of-school children,”

thenews-pk Thursday, January 7, 2021 4:39:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “The programme targeting will also be aligned in keeping with results of Ehsaas National Socio-economic Registry survey that is currently 61% complete in the field and is expected to be concluded before June 2021 nationwide,”

thenews-pk Thursday, January 7, 2021 4:39:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : "The purpose of the deep-rooted digital reform in Waseela-e-Taleem under Ehsaas was to promote integrity, transparency, accountability and to improve targeting. And, the programme has been scaled up nationwide to address the problem of out of school children,"

tribune Wednesday, January 6, 2021 9:38:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The purpose of the deep-rooted digital reform in Waseela-e-Taleem under Ehsaas was to promote integrity, transparency, accountability and to improve targeting,”

geo-tv Wednesday, January 6, 2021 8:19:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The purpose of the deep-rooted digital reform in Waseela-e-Taleem under Ehsaas was to promote integrity, transparency, accountability and to improve targeting,” “As per the Ehsaas payment policy, all payments are bio-metrically verified in real-time; girls get Rs2,000 and boys to get Rs1,500 per quarter when 70% of school attendance is ensured”

thenews-pk Wednesday, January 6, 2021 8:07:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The purpose of the deep-rooted digital reform in Waseela-e-Taleem under Ehsaas was to promote integrity, transparency, accountability and to improve targeting. And, the programme has been scaled up nationwide to address the problem of out of school children”

app-en Wednesday, January 6, 2021 4:42:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar informed : “Since Ehsaas’ operations are largely digital, it is critical to ensure that IT safety measures are in place; more than 100 steps have been taken to secure the IT system in that regard over the last two years since she took over,”

thenews-pk Thursday, December 31, 2020 4:16:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “We will organise a hackers’ competition inviting ethical hackers to outline our vulnerabilities,”

tribune Wednesday, December 30, 2020 10:44:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The phase-wise survey continues in various districts across the country to enroll deserving households in Ehsaas. The entire survey process is expected to be completed before June 2021 across the country,” “Under the Ehsaas framework, the apolitical survey is committed to safeguarding utmost transparency because its findings would cater to changing socioeconomic conditions of the vulnerable populations in the post-COVID-19 Pakistan,”

app-en Thursday, December 17, 2020 3:36:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “This is a comprehensive and timely report from Delivery Associates, which helps us to reflect on the achievements of the Ehsaas program in its first year, while paving the way for continued success,”

dailytimesPK Friday, December 11, 2020 5:50:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “This is a comprehensive and timely report from Delivery Associates, which helps us to reflect on the achievements of the Ehsaas programme in its first year, while paving the way for continued success,”

thenews-pk Friday, December 11, 2020 4:33:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “This is a comprehensive and timely report from Delivery Associates, which helps us to reflect on the achievements of the Ehsaas program in its first year, while paving the way for continued success,”

app-en Thursday, December 10, 2020 2:05:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Ehsaas believes in an inclusive approach to ensure that special persons in our society are not left behind and they can assess equal opportunities”

app-en Thursday, December 3, 2020 7:12:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “We will have to focus on financial literacy to ensure that women draw maximum benefit from this empowering initiative” “Financial inclusion is a central goal of Ehsaas and key to unlocking the potential of millions of the most disadvantaged women, in Pakistan. By providing individuals with access to secure, useful and affordable financial products and services like transactions, payments, savings, credit and insurance, we are giving them the financial security required to escape poverty and create a better life for themselves and their families,”

dailytimesPK Saturday, November 28, 2020 5:55:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : "We need to focus on women's financial literacy so that they can take full advantage of these initiatives and become truly empowered, which is the main goal of this programme,"

thenews-pk Saturday, November 28, 2020 4:49:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “We will have to focus on financial literacy to ensure that women draw maximum benefit from this empowering initiative”

geo-tv Friday, November 27, 2020 9:50:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Truly honoured to be on the list of @BBC100women who have made a difference in 2020!”

geo-tv Wednesday, November 25, 2020 8:40:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The dramatic impact of Covid-19 presents us with a once-in-a-generation chance to build a fairer world and bring an end to poverty, inequality and the climate crisis. For this, women must be equal, empowered stakeholders,”

thenews-pk Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:47:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar announced : “Districts with the highest stunting rates are being included. For now, 22 Nashonuma Centers have opened in 9 districts. Overall, 52 Ehsaas Nashonuma centers will be established in 12 districts,”

thenews-pk Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:59:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “The basic structure would comprising a front end and a back-end. Physical Ehsaas center with hardware and prominent signage, android App and web interface would be at the front end, whereas open APIs architecture along with a guiding policy will work at the back end. In the initial phase, work has commenced on the first prototype of the Ehsaas physical centre and digital interfaces,”

thenews-pk Saturday, November 7, 2020 5:18:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “To make the Ehsaas undergraduate scholarship programme more responsive, the voices of students are critical”

TheFrontierPost-en Wednesday, November 4, 2020 11:17:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “This is the first time in the history of the country that Ehsaas Orphans and Orphanges’ Committee has developed basic operating standards to ensure quality care and service at all orphanages in the country. These standards are in their last stages of finalization and will be implemented soon nationwide”

thenews-pk Sunday, November 1, 2020 4:28:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “All families in 219 villages across LoC in AJK are under the persistent risk of unprovoked attacks and have sacrificed their lives, livestock, and properties. All families in these villages have been included in the Ehsaas program”

thenews-pk Sunday, September 6, 2020 10:30:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Through this innovative cash withdrawal facility, beneficiaries of Ehsaas Kafaalat will be able to open mobile wallets that will serve as fully functional branchless banking accounts,”

thenews-pk Saturday, August 29, 2020 4:52:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Through this innovative cash withdrawal facility, beneficiaries of Ehsaas Kafaalat will be able to open mobile wallets that will serve as fully functional branchless banking accounts”

dailytimesPK Thursday, August 27, 2020 5:13:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “We have to be very, very vigilant. This is not time to declare victory, but Pakistan as a country has done remarkably well,”

thenational Monday, August 24, 2020 3:36:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Widespread malnutrition is holding our country back and previous governments have failed repeatedly to take concrete action. Ehsaas Nashonuma will be the first-time serious efforts have been made to give all children in Pakistan the best possible start in life,”

dailytimesPK Thursday, August 13, 2020 5:06:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “The government is investing efforts to protect children from stunting through development of the programme,”

tribune Wednesday, August 12, 2020 9:22:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar stated : “The programme is fully transparent, rule and merit based, and apolitical. Sindh gains the most from this programme, which shows the apolitical nature of programme,”

thenews-pk Friday, July 17, 2020 4:32:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “In 10 weeks, we have helped 11 million families, which represents the most extensive and the most transparent social protection operation ever undertaken in the history of the country and in the most difficult of circumstances,”

thenews-pk Thursday, July 2, 2020 4:57:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “In 10 weeks, we have helped 11 million families, which represents the most extensive and the most transparent social protection operation ever undertaken in the history of the country and in the most difficult of circumstances,”

thenews-pk Thursday, July 2, 2020 3:56:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : "I request people to wait for the message containing the date [of collection] and then go to the centres. If, however, someone's identity card has expired, they can still receive the [cash] payment,"

thenews-pk Friday, April 24, 2020 7:15:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : "I request people to wait for the message containing the date [of collection] and then go to the centres. If, however, someone's identity card has expired, they can still receive the [cash] payment,"

geo-tv Friday, April 24, 2020 4:23:00 PM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “It is possible that several people from one family apply, hence the number of families applying may be less than this number,”

thenews-pk Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:55:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “I wanted to hear first-hand about people’s complaints pertaining to Ehsaas Emergency Cash distribution so that we can make improvements in real time,”

thenews-pk Monday, April 13, 2020 4:57:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Till Saturday morning, we have received sixty million, twenty seven lac, fifty thousand, four hundred and sixty one (62,750,461) SMS through the people from different areas under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme”

thenews-pk Sunday, April 12, 2020 4:42:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : “Till Saturday morning, we have received sixty million, twenty seven lac, fifty thousand, four hundred and sixty one (62750461) SMS through the people from different areas under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme”

thenews-pk Sunday, April 12, 2020 4:42:00 AM EAT

Sania Nishtar said : "Even in remotest & most conservative parts of country, women are actively participating to collect Rs.12,000, which are being given to them as part of Govt of Pakistan’s #EhsaasEmergencyCash program, which is a response to #COVID19 induced economic fallout for most disadvantaged"

geo-tv Saturday, April 11, 2020 7:32:00 PM EAT