Covid-19 cash assistance begins for refugees

Published May 21, 2020
36,000 families would receive Rs12,000 each for four months.
 — AFP/File
36,000 families would receive Rs12,000 each for four months. — AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: The first disbursement of emergency cash assistance to the most vulnerable refugee families impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic was initiated by the federal government, the UN Refugee Agency and the Pakistan Post on Wednesday.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Pakistan Post had signed an agreement for the disbursement of the emergency cash assistance under which 36,000 families would receive Rs12,000 each for four months.

Published in Dawn, May 21st, 2020

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