Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formally unveiled the Ramazan Package 2026 worth Rs38 billion, benefiting more than 12 million families through digital payments.
Addressing the ceremony in the federal capital on Saturday, the premier said that they had done away with the old distribution system last year as the stuff provided to the deserving families under the system was of low quality and people used to wait in queues, compromising their self-respect.
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With the introduction of the digital system, direct cash payments were made to the deserving families under a new cashless digital system last year, he said, adding that a third-party audit of Rs20 billion allocated for the relief package the previous year, for the deserving, found the distribution mechanism highly transparent and free from corruption.
PM Shehbaz said that on the basis of previous years’ experience, this year, the package would be distributed with new commitment and improvement, adding that each deserving family would now get an enhanced amount of Rs13,000.