The Federal Minister while talking to media men after attending the
meeting of Board of Directors of National Trust for Population Welfare
here in here today, said that the betterment and uplifting of the poor
masses of the country is our top priority and for this we are
initiating necessary steps for the upgraded the lifestyle of common
man.
Dr. Firdous said that we are organizing provincial meeting and
conferences with the religious scholars for taking their consensus and
after this the ministry of population will be finalized the draft of
the policy.
The minister also formally announce to reactivate the “National Trust
for Population Welfare” (NATPOW) and said that this trust was
formulated ten years before by our Shaheed leader Shaheed Mohtarma
Benazir Bhutto with the vision to approach the poor masses at grass
root level. She wished that members of new board of directors will
perform their role actively and will be resolved numerous pending
issues to make this organization vital and vibrant.
She said that the present government wants to strengthen the public
private partnership and the activation of this trust and show keen
interest to solve the problems of rural masses. In this regard with
the help of community based institutions fulfill the communication
gape.
The minister said that the Government has already approved the grant
of Rs 25 million for this trust from which 10million Rs has been
released to the NATPOW. The incumbent Government is likely to approve
436 million PSDP Funds for five year plan period (2009-14) for NATPOW,
as since year 2000 no funding has been made to this trust, she added.
She said that NATPOW will also support the NGO’s working in the field
of Reproductive health/ Family Planning by floating request for
proposals in the media and media can vital role for the masses
awareness in this regard.
It was decided in the meeting that when the funding will be started
donors and NGO’s trust will be developed to help the population
policy, which is also the vision of Mohtarma Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.
While addressing the Chairperson of the NATPOW Senator Suraya Ameer ud
Din said that this trust is a great example of the vision of Shaheed
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and we will try together to make it more
effective and beneficial for the masses especially in the remote
areas.
Earlier the meeting was attended by the Chief Executive of NATPOW Mr.
Iftikhar Durrain and other high officials of the Ministry of
Population Welfare and NATPOW.
