August 21, 2020 – Islamabad: Dr. Sania Nishtar, PM’s Special Assistant on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation was invited to join the panel discussion with George Gray Molina, Head of Strategic Engagement and Chief Economist, UNDP Latin America and Shah Muhammad Azhar, Economic Policy Analyst, UNDP Pakistan at a webinar hosted by UNDP. The panel discussed ‘Temporary Basic Income- Global Lessons & Implications for Pakistan’. Dr. Nishtar highlighted Pakistan’s social protection experience under Ehsaas Emergency Cash, real time lessons and its inter-linkages with temporary basic income.
