PM’s COVID-19 Fund Portal

The Prime Minister launched a web-portal on May 2, 2020 soliciting applications from those who have lost their livelihoods as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and announced to commit the Prime Minister’s COVID-19 Relief fund to those who will qualify for assistance. The cash handout of Rs. 12,000 will be given to deserving individuals through the Ehsaas Emergency Cash program. The beneficiaries will be identified as category-4 under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash program.

Application Web-portal: The online web-portal is currently open for applications and can be accessed here.  

Helpline: For queries and complaints about this initiative, please call helpline: 0800-26477.

Web-portal for checking eligibility: To check eligibility under Ehsaas Emergency Cash, all applicants registered through 8171 or PM’s COVID-19 Fund Portal can access the portal here.

Information Portal relating to disbursements 

To explore real time information relating to PM COVID-19 funded Ehsaas Emergency Cash disbursements and number of beneficiaries served in this category (4) with provincial, district and tehsil wise breakdowns, the portal can be navigated here.

	Details in English
PM’s COVID-19 fund: application web-portal Brief
PM’s COVID-19 funded Ehsaas Emergency Cash for job-loss affectees Brief
Ehsaas Emergency Cash Report authored by SAPM Dr. Sania Nishtar
List of campsites and bank branches for Ehsaas Emergency Cash payments

Videos about the program

Instructional video on web-based application process: To learn about how to proceed with the web-based process of application for seeking emergency cash assistance under PM’s COVID-19 fund, the video can be watched here.

Explanatory video: Details of the Ehsaas Emergency Cash disbursements to Category-4 funded through PM’s COVID-19 Fund can be watched here.

Launch video: Footage of PM’s visit to Ehsaas cash distribution site on May 18, 2020 in Islamabad to inaugurate PM’s COVID-19 funded Ehsaas Emergency Cash disbursements can be watched here.

Instructional video on Ehsaas Information Portal: To learn about how to explore real time disbursements’ information available on the Ehsaas Information Portal, the video can be watched here.

Instructional video on solution to biometric issues: To learn about the newly introduced supplementary payment solution to serve Ehsaas Emergency Cash beneficiaries with defying biometric identification, the video can be watched here.

Television Commercial: The television commercial of Ehsaas Emergency Cash program can be watched here.

Instructional video for families of dead beneficiaries: To learn about the newly introduced mechanism for families of dead beneficiaries, the video can be watched here.

Press Conferences and Media Briefings

Press Conferences and Media Briefings	Date	Link
Prime Minister’s televised media briefing to open assistance through Ehsaas Rashan Portal, PM’s COVID web-portal and the Ehsaas Langar and Panahgah App in a televised media briefing together with SAPM Dr. Sania Nishtar, Federal Minister for Information, Shibli Faraz, SAPM Asim Saleem Bajwa, PM’s focal person on Panahgahs, Naseem-ur-Rehman, PM’s Focal Person for the PM COVID Fund, Khursheed Alam and heads of Pepsi Co, Lucky Cement, Alfalah Bank, NBP, Saylani Welfare Trust and Urban Properties.	June 22, 2020	Watch here.
Prime Ministers’ televised media talk with senior journalists in Karachi together with Governor Sindh, Imran Ismael, Minister for Maritime Affairs, Syed Ali Zaidi and SAPM on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar.	June 17, 2020	Watch here.
Prime Minister’s televised media briefing on Government’s COVID-19 response together with Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Asad Umar, Federal Minister for Education, Shafqat Mahmood, Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Hammad Azhar, Special Assistant to the PM on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar, Minister of State for Health, Dr. Zafar Mirza and Special Assistant to the PM on National Security, Dr. Moeed Yusuf.	May 15, 2020	Watch here.
Prime Minister’s televised media briefing together with SAPM on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar and Minister for Industries and Production, Hammad Azhar at the launch of PM’s COVID-19 relief fund: application web-portal	May 2, 2020	Watch here.

Events

Dr. Sania Nishtar and CM KP Mehmood Khan visit Ehsaas payment site in Peshawar

SAPM Dr. Sania Nishtar demonstrating the Ehsaas payment system to Chief Minister KP and Chief Secretary KP during her visit to Peshawar on June 24, 2020.

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PM opens assistance through Ehsaas Rashan Portal, PM’s COVID Web-portal and the Ehsaas Langar and Panahgah App

Prime Minister Imran opened assistance through Ehsaas Rashan Portal, PM’s COVID web-portal and the Ehsaas Langar and Panahgah App in a briefing conducted by SAPM Dr. Sania Nishtar on June 22, 2020 in Islamabad.

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PM visits Ehsaas Emergency Cash disbursement centre in Larkana

Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Ehsaas Emergency Cash disbursement centre together with Governor Sindh, Imran Ismail and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar, on June 17, 2020 in Larkana.

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PM visits Ehsaas Emergency Cash disbursement centre at Lahore

Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Ehsaas Emergency Cash disbursement centre together with Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar, on June 13, 2020 in Lahore.

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PM inaugurates Ehsaas Emergency Cash disbursements to job-loss affectees through PM COVID-19 Fund

Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated Ehsaas Emergency Cash disbursements to the first batch of job-loss affectees through PM’s COVID-19 Fund on May 18, 2020 in Islamabad.

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Launch of PM’s COVID-19 relief fund: application web-portal

Prime Minister Imran Khan launched ‘COVID-19 relief fund web-portal’ for COVID-19 livelihood-loss-affectees on May 2, 2020 in Islamabad. 

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