Punjab Chief Minister announced on Tuesday that the pilot phase of the school meal program will commence in southern Punjab on September 5, with plans to extend it to other cities across the province, including Lahore.
“This initiative is designed to combat nutritional deficiencies by providing milk packets to students from nursery through fifth grade,” the CM stated during a ceremony recognizing top achievers from the Punjab Boards.
Maryam Nawaz also highlighted that among the 138 position holders from 9 boards in Punjab, 70 are girls and 68 are boys, expressing confidence that these students will bring pride to Pakistan on the global stage.
Earlier this month, Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat announced that the School Meal Program would be launched in September, initially in three districts of South Punjab.
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