A delegation of Rural Support Programme Network (RSPN), headed by its Chairman Shoaib Sultan Khan, called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at Prime Minister's Office Wednesday. The delegation included Shandana Khan, Dr Rashid Bajwa, Masoodul Mulk, Muhammad Dittal Kalhoro, Nadir Gul and Muzaffaruddin. Shoaib Sultan Khan briefed the Prime Minister about the functions and working of Rural Support Programme Network that helps the poor to break free from the shackles of poverty through fostering a three-tier social mobilization network.

Shoaib Sultan said that the holistic approach followed by RSPN including social networking, capacity building and human resource development, offering micro credit facility, infrastructure development, and provision of technical assistance along with necessary linkages has yielded positive results in various countries of South Asia in poverty reduction and enabling the poor to earn their livelihood on sustainable basis.

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