SUKKUR: Sindh Minister for Revenue Jam Mahtab Dahar has said that Pakistan People`s Party always works for the welfare of people and has introduced various schemes for them.
Addressing a ceremony held to inaugurate the survey of Benazir Bhutto Income Support Programme at Circuit House, Ghotki district on Friday, he said that PPP believed in providing services to people instead of giving them slogans.
The survey is being carried out on the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari, in pursuance of the manifesto of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto to ascertain the level of poverty and help the poor women who earlier failed to benefit from the Income Support Programme.
The Minister said that through the income support programme, needy women were being paid Rs1000 per month in a transparent manner. Whenever the PPP has come to power it has launched several plans for the welfare of people, he added.
On the occasion, MPA Jam Ikramullah Dharejo said that the programme was the best in the world, adding that survey of 151,000 houses of Ghotki district would be carried out. Every house would be included in the survey, he said and appealed to the people to cooperate with the teams concerned.
Earlier, briefing the Minister, Director, Benazir Income Support Programme of Sukkur, Syed Lutfullah Shah said that survey of 170,000 houses would be completed in 25 days, for which 35 teams have been formed. -APP