ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar has said several steps are being taken under Ehsaas Programme for welfare of women.

Addressing a function here on Friday, she said fifty percent beneficiaries of all the initiatives under Ehsaas Programme are women, and this number is increasing day by day. She said women are benefitting from Ehsaas Kafalat, Ehsaas Amdan and Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship programmes.

She said hundred percent beneficiaries of Ehsaas Kafalat programme are women and sixty percent of the assets in Ehsaas Amdan programme are being provided to women. Dr Sania Nishtar said women form fifty percent of the population and they cannot be ignored.