14-07-2011  11:57:16
Sweet Homes for orphans to be set up across the county: PM
QUETTA, July 13 (APP)- Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said here on Wednesday the government  would  build more Sweet Homes  all over the country to look after the orphans and help them  to become respectable  citizens.“ I have issued directives  for awarding  scholarships to  talented and deserving students of Balochistan and prevent  the deprived children  from  falling into the wrong hands,” he said while addressing the annual ceremony of Sweet homes for orphanage organized by the Pakistan Baitul Maal  at Governor House on Wednesday.
Chief Minister of Balochistan Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani and Governor of Balochsitan Nawab Zulfiar Ali Magsi were also present on the occasion.
The Prime Minister said that Sweet Homes will be  built all over the country in order to  promote  welfare of deserving  and helpless children.
He also announced a donation of Rs 07 million for  maintenance of the orphans at Sweet Homes in Balochistan.
He directed the officials of Pakistan Baitul Maal  to fully facilitate the orphans who were staying at  Sweet Homes.
He said  the philanthropists  should extend help to the authorities in their efforts  to promote welfare of the deserving children.
 Managing Director of Baitul Maal Zamurd Khan  said in his speech that PBM was looking after over 200 children in Sweet Homes  in the province of Balochistan.
He said the PBM  had prepared a plan to build “Pakistan Sweet Homes” in every district of the country.
He said registration  of orphans for the newly established Sweet Home in Zhob is  in progress and it would soon sart functioning.
He said the orphans were being provided best  facilities in Balochistan,including those in the education and the health sectors.