The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) will launch a three-day anti-beggary awareness campaign from November 10 to 12 to make the cantonment area beggar-free and sensitize citizens against encouraging professional begging.
The campaign is being launched on the special directives of Station Commander Rawalpindi Brigadier Ali Anjum Syed and Cantonment Executive Officer Amir Rashid.
As part of the initiative, awareness billboards, display skins and streamers will be installed at major roads, commercial centers and intersections, while dedicated awareness stalls and kiosks will be established to distribute informational brochures and pamphlets among citizens.
The RCB administration has urged residents to avoid giving cash or alms to roadside beggars and instead donate their charity, Zakat and contributions to recognized welfare organizations, including Edhi Foundation, Chhipa, Alkhidmat Foundation and Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, to ensure assistance reaches deserving people.
The administration emphasized that public cooperation was essential to eliminating professional begging and called upon citizens to support the initiative for a safer, cleaner and better living environment in Rawalpindi Cantonment.
