More rich should contribute for welfare work:

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussein said that the province was in dire need of the welfare organizations like Tanzeem Lissail-e-Wal Mahroom (TLWM) adding that support of the private sector and resourceful people in this regard would be welcomed. Speaking in a meeting on presentation regarding the activities of TLWM at Peshawar Saturday, he said, that keeping in view the importance of TLWM, its activities should be extended to other social sectors also so as maximum needy and poorest of the poor of the society could be benefited of it. The presentation besides others was also attended by the Minister for Social Welfare Sitara Ayaz, MPAs Yasmin Zia and Mussrat Shafi Advocate, Chairman TLWM Mohammad Humayun, Secretary Social Welfare Sahibzada Fazle Amin and other authorities concerned. He further directed to prepare proposals and recommendations to make the TLWM more effective and beneficial for the society. Earlier, the chairman of TLWM while briefing the Minister, informed that the TLWM was established in 2007 for the indigent and dispossessed with the aim to protect the poor and vulnerable segments of the society by providing them facilities in the health, education and other social welfare sectors. In the health sector, he told that so far 1591 free medical camps have been set up in different parts of the province where 562139 patients were treated, similarly free dialysis of 17883 patients was done besides treating 555 cancer patients and cataract surgeries of 6440 patients. The TLWM also arranged free medical check-up of 423278 school children through mobile screening. In education sector the TLWM was granting scholarships of Rs.1,000/- upto Matric and Rs.2,000/- per month to post-matric talented orphan students. Likewise in social welfare sector the TLWM was also arranging 6 months courses for the poor people particularly women folk in different fields to make them self reliant. It was also providing supportive equipments to the disabled persons. Mian Iftikhar while eulogizing the activities of TLWM maintained that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was very poor and neglected province of the country and poverty ratio was also high as compared to the other provinces, therefore existence of such useful organization was need of the hour. He added, as our resources were meager, therefore the private sector should extend its help in this regard. The Minister asked the authorities concerned to provide monthly progress report to the government on regular basis so as it could be given vide publicity through media for welfare of the society and the people should also know about the steps taken by the government to ameliorate their lot.