QUETTA: The Balochistan government has agreed to take help from the experience of the World Bank and the Punjab Social Protection Authority (PSPA) to ensure economic and social protection of the people of the province.

In a meeting presided over by Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani here on Friday, the officials of the World Band and the PSPA gave briefings on their poverty alleviation programme.

Robina Irfan MNA, Amjad Safdar, representative of the World Bank, PSPA Director Faisal Muqeet, Special Assistant to Balochistan CM Rameen Mohammad Hasni, Finance Secretary Noor-ul-Haq Baloch and the focal person for the Balochistan Social Protection Cell attended the meeting.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Alyani said that his government was serious in alleviating poverty which was possible only through economic and social protection of people.

He said people would benefit from social and economic protection launched by the World Bank in Balochistan. “We have established the Social Protection Cell to create job opportunities at local level and solve economic problems of people,” he said adding that the government wanted to turn the cell into an authority. “We would take assistance from Punjab where the World Bank and the PSPA have launched various skill development programmes.”

Meanwile, the CM attended another meeting where he discussed law and order situation in Rakhshan division and Nushki district with tribal elder Haji Mir Jumma Badini and former minister Ghulam Dastagir Badin.

Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2019