ISLAMABAD, Nov 01 (NNI): Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on
Wednesday, while appreciating the outcomes of the Benazir Income Support
Programme (BISP), directed the authorities concerned to chalk out a
mechanism for promoting economic self-sufficiency in society.
According to a press release issued by the PM’s Office, the prime
minister was chairing a meeting wherein he was briefed about the
performance of the BISP.
Kakar observed that the BISP was yielding good results, but remarked
that Pakistan’s durable future was linked to financially self-reliant
citizens.
The PM was briefed that about 60 million members of 10 million families
were benefitting under the BISP and its total annual budget this year
stood at Rs471 billion.
PM Kakar praised the financial assistance extended to the deserving
families. He, however, observed that the beneficiaries could be made
financially self-reliant with the provision of technical training in
accordance with the requirements of the market.
He said the BISP was a good programme whose database could be used for
providing targeted subsidies, and urged the big business entities and
well-to-do persons in society to partner with the BISP under corporate
social responsibility.
PM Kakar, while reiterating that the state of Pakistan would provide all
possible assistance to the weaker segments of society so that they could
live a life full of hope, opined that THE BISP should enter into
partnership with local welfare and charity organisations.
He also asked the authorities to devise a collective mechanism between
the government and local humanitarian organisations.
The meeting was attended by BISP Chairperson Amjad Saqib and other
senior officials. NNI
