CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025.,In the past few years, the Government of Punjab has started numerous welfare programs aimed at elevating those citizens who are less fortunate, and one of the most caring and socially impactful programs launched by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, is the “Dhee Rani Program 2025.”
This program aims to help poor and deserving families marry off their daughters with honor and financial support. By promoting collective (mass) marriage ceremonies and providing assistance packages, the Punjab Government seeks to reduce the financial burden on struggling parents while upholding the dignity of every daughter — the “Dhee Rani” (meaning beloved daughter).

💭Background and Need for CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025

The act of marriage in Pakistan has increasingly narrowed to a expense and reality often beyond the economic means of low-income families. Such brought on inflation and unemployment, as well as ethnic and social norms resident to ultimately find a way to pay dowries and host extravagant weddings, has transformed what should be a straightforward religious obligation, into an entirely overwhelming estate of economic pressure. Many well-deserving families have found themselves in a space where they either want, need, desire and or deserving their children to marry, but the cost is impossible for them financially, or they have completely ceased the option to marry.
Given the social situation presented herein, the Dhee Rani Program was drafted by the Punjab Government to assist those families. The underlying rationale for the Dhee Rani Program is to ensure that no daughter goes unmarried because parents could not afford to marry her.
The Dhee Rani Program is service to the larger gender and social welfare policy commitments to serve and support women by the Punjab Government. Collective marriages (ijtimai shadi) are how the State can provide, with dignity, equality and transparency to parents of a wedding for their daughter.

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🎯Objectives of the CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025

The main goals of the Dhee Rani Program are:

• ✅Financial Relief:

To relieve low income families of the financial burden of marrying off their daughter.

• ✅Dignified Marriages:

To ensure that all daughters in Punjab can marry in dignity and honor in spite of, or due to, their family’s or circumstances, financial means.

• ✅Social Equity:

To support collective weddings and minimizing the financial disparity between wealthy and poor families.

• ✅Empowerment of Vulnerable Groups:

To prioritize orphans, the daughters of persons with disabilities, and women from minority groups.

• ✅Social Consciousness:

To change the mindset and encourage acknowledgement of the current mindset of seeing a daughter as a financial burden rather than a blessing.

• ✅Transparency & Accountability:

facilitate all assistance through transparent electronic processes, verification committees, and ATM card transactions.

📌Key Features of the CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025

1. ✅Community Wedding Events:

In every district, the government organizes significant communal wedding events. Hundreds of couples participate in the gatherings, which readily create a sense of community connection and joy.

2. ✅Grants and Gift Packages:

Each bride will be given:

• An income grant (approximately PKR 100,000).
• A bridal gift pack valued at around PKR 200,000 that contains all household items such as, furniture, kitchen furniture, bedding, and Holy Quran set.

3. ✅Open to All:

The initiative is open to all leu citizens regardless of being a citizen or non-Muslim. Minorities, brides with disability, and orphans are given equal importance.

4. ✅Phased Approach:

The initiative has been rolled-out in phases with the third phase (Phase III) starting in October 2025 with the marriage of 103 daughters at one event including 18 minority brides.

5. ✅Registration and Eligibility Verification Process:

Potential brides register for and apply online and their eligibility is verified through the Tehsil Verification Committee (TVC) to promote transparency and impartiality.

6. ✅Implementation/Execution at District Level:

The Social Welfare Departments at the district and tehsil levels organize the weddings, as well as provide the subsidy and bridal gift pack.

📂Eligibility Criteria for CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025

To apply to the Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025, applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. 📋Punjab Domicile: All applicants must be residents of Punjab, Pakistan.
2. ⏳Age Requirement: Brides must be 18 to 40 years old.
3. 🚻Marital Status: Only single women (never married) can apply.
4. 🧾Income of the Family: Families with low income or income instability will be prioritized and verified through local committees.
5. 👤Special Preference: Applicants from special categories, i.e. orphans, daughters of disabled parents, or members of minority communities, will be prioritized.
6. 📜Agreement: Each applicant must agree to be part of the group wedding.

Required documents: A copy of the bride’s CNIC and her parents’ CNIC(s), a domicile of her parents, income proof of household, and an affidavit of unmarried status and commitment to marry.

🔄Registration and Application Process for CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025

• ✅Announcement:

The Punjab Government announces the open registration of every phase through print media, local social welfare offices and its official websites.

• ✅Online Form Submission:

Eligible families will fill out the application forms online through the official portal or their local social welfare offices.

• ✅Verification:

The social welfare offices will review all applications through local verification committees to ensure accurate proof of income, marital status and residency.

• ✅Selection:

Once the applicants have been verified they will go through the selection process. If the applications exceed their quota, they will electronically ballot to ensure an equal and transparent selection for all.

• ✅Notification:

All successful applicants will receive a notification via SMS or phone call, along with information and guidance to the date and venue of the mass marriage ceremony.

• ✅Marriage Event:

The selected brides and grooms will be part of an official formal mass wedding ceremony organized by the district administration.

• ✅Disbursement:

The grant will be distributed through the ATM cards to the successful applicants and also gift packages will be distributed on the wedding day.

💰Financial Package Details of CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025

Every bride enrolled in the Dhee Rani Program receives:

✅Type	✅Description	✅Approximate Value
Cash Grant	Direct financial support through ATM card	PKR 100,000
Bridal Gift Set	Furniture set (bed, mattress, mirror), kitchen utensils, dinner set, Holy Quran, clothing items, etc.	PKR 200,000
Total Support	Combined value of assistance per bride	≈ PKR 300,000

✨Expected Outcomes and Benefits of CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025

1. ✅Financial Relief for Poor Families

The program eases the financial stress of getting married. Families will no longer be forced to borrow money or liquidate an asset to host a wedding.

2. ✅Promoting Dignity and Social Equality.

The government provides every daughter, rich or poor, the opportunity to start her new life with dignity by sponsoring a collective marriage.

3. ✅Women’s empowerment and social inclusion.

The program Upwardly enables women from less-privileged backgrounds and can bring marginalized groups (or orphans or minorities) into mainstream society.

4. ✅Addressing social pressure.

It counters the social custom of lavish weddings and dowry expectation by emphasizing a simple united collective celebration.

5. ✅Transparency and trust in governance.

Payments and verification are done through the official committee and digitally, so there is accountability and less opportunity for corruption.

6. ✅Strengthening social ties.

The collective ceremony strengthens community trust, cooperation and oneness among citizens.

🚧Challenges and Considerations to CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025

Although it has a strong social vision, the CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025 also has some challenges that need to be monitored closely.

• V✅erification Difficulties:

Some application applicants may not have the adequate documents needed to verify income or eligibility from rural areas, creating delays and dropped applicants.

• ✅Administrative Capacity:

The effective collaboration between tehsil and district welfare departments will be crucial for the Dhee Rani Program to mitigate the execution of mismanagement as well as timely execution.

• ✅Cultural Resistance:

Traditional families still prefer private weddings with no sharing in the context of a group wedding being too impersonal. Continued awareness campaigns highlighting acceptance will be needed.

• ✅Post-Marriage Support:

Marriage is just the spark for a new life; the program should definitely be considered for exploring post-marriage support to newly wed citizens regarding small business loans or housing as well as skill training and other aspects regarding women.

• ✅Long-Term Sustainability:

Long-term sustainability will depend on whether the program continues its budget allocation, more districts join the program, and whether transparency is provided in execution throughout all districts of the program.

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⚙️Monitoring and Transparency Measures

In the interest of accountability, the Government established:

• District Monitoring Units to review registration activities and distribution of the assistance.
• Complaints Hotline and citizen feedback mechanisms for oversight.
• Public Reporting on the number of beneficiaries and funds spent.
• Third-Party Audits related to the allocation of funds.

These systems support and enhance public trust and ensure that only eligible families receive benefits.

🌟Future Outlook for CM Punjab Dhee Rani Program 2025

Already, hundreds of lives have been changed through the Dhee Rani Program in Punjab. As the program advances, we will continue to develop its delivery:

• Expansion to all 36 districts of Punjab.
• Mobile app registration made simpler and easier to access.
• Vocational training and employment schemes for newly married women added.
• A significant increase in budget funding and public-private partnership improved sustainability.
• Collaboration with NGOs and welfare organizations to access rural and distant communities.

If the initiative is fully realized, it could serve as a model for the nation to scale marriage support and women empowerment programs in Pakistan.

👉Conclusion

The Dhee Rani Program is altering life experiences — by providing financial support and moral dignity it is changing societal perceptions that daughters were seen as a “burden” to realizing that daughters were to be held as symbols of pride and joy. While the Dhee Rani program still faces challenges with verification and sustainability, the overall impact is significantly positive. The Dhee Rani Program is more than a welfare program. It is counter tribute to womanhood, equality, and state responsibility. In going forward, the Dhee Rani Program has the potential in moving Punjab, to not only inspire similar programs across Pakistan, and to ensure that every daughter, of every background begins her married life with a sense of respect, joy, and hope.