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A sixth shelter home for Karachi’s less fortunate homeless population was inaugurated by Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) Managing Director Zaheer Abbas Khokhar on Wednesday.
The home falls under the flagship Ehsaas poverty alleviation programme launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Abbas inaugurated the latest shelter home in North Karachi and said that Panahgahs are being set up across the country under Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision of a welfare state. He said shelter homes are a place for those who travel to major cities to earn their livelihood.
“Karachi is an economic hub where people from different parts of the country come to earn their bread and butter. Establishment of a sixth shelter home in the city aims to provide shelter to such people with the facility of hygienic and free of charge food,” he said.
Zaheer Abbas Khokhar said soon PM under the Ehsaas “Koi Bhooka Na Soye” Programme is going to inaugurate 24 new mobile kitchens for different cities, which would distribute cooked meals among needy people, especially labourers, daily wage earners, women and children.
The PBM MD said 25 shelter homes (Panahgah) and 16 mobile kitchens are currently functional across the country.
The latest Panahgah would provide shelter to 100 destitute and homeless people with free of charge breakfast and dinner.
