RAWALPINDI: Nine days into the holy month, the Rawalpindi divisional administration has failed to complete the delivery of financial aid to deserving people under the Nigahban Ramazan Package of the Punjab government.

According to official figures, a total of 274,987 people had been registered under the Punjab Socioeconomic Registry (PSER) for the financial aid worth Rs10,000 each in six districts of the division - Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Murree and Talagang.

However, so far, 202,500 people have received the financial aid. There is slow funding from Lahore which affected the delivery system of pay orders to the deserving people.

A senior official of the finance department told Dawn that the government had allocated funds for the programme but the system was new so it took time to deliver the pay orders to the deserving persons.

However, he said, all beneficiaries would get the financial aid by next week.

On the other hand, Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Amir Khattak chaired a meeting to review progress on delivering of the pay orders. He directed that separate record should be maintained for the pay orders which were returned undelivered.

Published in Dawn, March 11th, 2025