Delivering Welfare at Scale: Ehsaas 2047

“Ehsaas is widely recognised as the touchstone of the wonders that a social protection programme can accomplish. In a short span of three years, it touched the lives of 15 million households across all perceivable divides throughout Pakistan. It was the foundational pillar of a welfare state that I had perceived as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, which Senator Dr Sania Nishtar so ably and so transparently planned and implemented. Appropriately, the groundbreaking programme was the recipient of international recognition and acclaim. I extend warm felicitations to Dr Nishtar for documenting this treasure for the world to learn from. ”

About the Author

Senator Dr Sania Nishtar is a member of the Senate (upper house of Parliament) of Pakistan. From November 2018 to May 2022, she served as Special Assistant of the Prime Minister of Pakistan with the status of Federal Minister, where she held the Cabinet portfolio of Poverty Alleviation; in that role she founded and was responsible for implementing Ehsaas, the largest social protection program in the country’s history, which reached out to 15 million households and was widely acclaimed internationally. She was also the Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Program during that time. Dr Nishtar also served as Federal Minister in 2013. Dr Nishtar is former Chair of several multilateral initiatives: WHO’s High-Level Commission on Non-communicable diseases; WEF’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Healthcare; U.S National Academy of Sciences Global Study on the Quality of Healthcare in LMICs; UN International Institute for Global Health’s Advisory Committee; UN Secretary General’s Independent Accountability Panel for Women’s and Children’s Health and WHO’s Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity. In 2017, she was Pakistan’s nominee for Director-General of the World Health Organisation and was in the final shortlist of three. She currently chairs and is a member of several Lancet Commissions. In 2020, she was listed among BBC’s 100 most influential women, globally.

Binding: Paperback · Pages: 674 · Published: 2025 · Publisher: Lightstone Publishers

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