ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday, while appreciating outcomes of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), directed the relevant officials to chalk out a mechanism for promoting economic self-sufficiency in the society.
He said that BISP was bringing good results, but Pakistan’s durable future was linked with the financially self-reliant nationals.
The prime minister presided over a meeting regarding BISP. The meeting was given a briefing on the BISP’s performance and future strategy.
The meeting was attended by BISP Chairperson Amjad Saqib, Secretary Ministry of Poverty Alleviation Yusuf Khan, and other high officials, the PM Office Media Wing said in a press note.
The meeting was told that nearly sixty million members of ten million families were being benefitted from BISP, whose total annual budget this year was 471 billion rupees.
The prime minister appreciated the financial assistance extended to the deserving families and said that the provision of technical training to the BISP beneficiaries would enable them to become financially self-sufficient.
He said that BISP was a good initiative whose database could be used for providing targeted subsidies and stressed the big business entities and well-to-do elements in the society to become partners in this programme under corporate social responsibility.
Government to Help Weaker Segments of Society
The PM reiterated that the government would provide all possible assistance to the weaker segments of society so that they could live a life full of hope.
نگران وزیراعظم انوار الحق کاکڑ کی زیر صدارت بینظیر انکم سپورٹ پروگرام (BISP) کے حوالے سے اجلاس
"ریاست پاکستان کمزور طبقوں کی ہر ممکن مدد کرے گی تاکہ وہ ایک پر امید زندگی گزار سکیں۔"
~ نگران وزیراعظم انوار الحق کاکڑ pic.twitter.com/yh7Z3kmxrU
— Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) November 1, 2023
