KARACHI: At least 21 women were injured in a stampede during the disbursement of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) funds at the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) Ground here on Monday, said the officials.
According to the local police, a woman was in critical condition. They said the injured women were moved to Civil Hospital Karachi.
A patient list prepared by the hospital staff showed that 21 patients were brought to the facility.
The police said that around 2,000-3,000 women had arrived to collect the funds. An official said the lock on the main gate was broken due to which a huge number of women entered the premises, leading to the stampede.
He regretted that there was only one BISP centre — the KPT Ground — for the entire Keamari district, where women from Musharraf Colony, Kharadar, Machar Colony and Mithadar came to collect funds.
He added that Baldia police officials and the district administration reached the site immediately after the incident and the brought the situation under control.
Disbursement of BISP funds had resumed today after an interval of two days due to intense heat in parts of the country. The process of payments would continue till Wednesday and would again commence after Eidul Azha on July 3.
