Report: ANI :
RAWALPINDI– The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has announced a three-day anti-beggary awareness campaign from November 10 to 12, 2026, aimed at making the cantonment area beggar-free and promoting civic responsibility among residents.
The campaign is being launched under the special directives of Station Commander Rawalpindi Brigadier Ali Anjum Syed and Cantonment Executive Officer Amir Rashid.
As part of the initiative, RCB is installing awareness billboards, display skins and streamers at major roads, commercial centres and intersections. Awareness stalls and kiosks will also distribute informational brochures and pamphlets among citizens.
The cantonment administration has urged residents not to give cash or alms to roadside beggars, particularly those associated with professional begging networks. Instead, citizens have been encouraged to direct their charity, Zakat and donations towards reputable welfare organisations, including the Edhi Foundation, Chhipa, Alkhidmat Foundation and Shaukat Khanum, to ensure assistance reaches deserving people.
The RCB administration stressed that public cooperation is essential to addressing professional begging and appealed to residents to support the campaign for a safer, cleaner and better living environment in Rawalpindi Cantonment.
