Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr Sania Nishtar says the Ehsaas Tahafuz Program, presently operational in Rawalpindi, would be expanded to other parts of the country this year.

She stated this during her visit to Nishtar Hospital in Multan, where she briefed the hospital management and officials about the Ehsaas Tahafuz Program.

Dr Sania said expensive treatment is being provided to the deserving patients free of cost under the Ehsaas Tahafuz Program.

The Special Assistant also visited a local Ehsaas Registration Center and interacted with the women and children who had come for registration.

Speaking on the occasion, she said the households which could not participate in the National Socio Economic Registry survey, should now register at the registration centers.