LAHORE: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is providing service and financial support to 2.5 million poor families across Pakistan.
BISP Chairperson and Minister of State Marvi Memon said this while addressing ‘DISCON 2016 RI District 3272 Pakistan Conference of Commitment’, organised by the Rotary Club International-Rotary Ruryial at a local hotel.
Rotary Club International Pakistan District Governor Sajid Bhatti, Rotary Club Lahore District Governor Mir Arif Ali, Rotary Club Gujranwala member Rana Nasir Mehmood and a large number of people attended the conference.
Marvi said that the government’s mission is to reduce this number by ensuring that the poor families are enabled enough to earn their livelihoods at their own and get rid of poverty.
Memon said the programme was running successfully due to effective and comprehensive economic measures taken by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. International financial institutions were now all praise for better financial management of Pakistan, she added.
The minister of state said the poor segments of society would not have been able to survive had they not been supported through this vital programme. The BISP would conduct a fresh survey of the poor in the country on modern lines and it would be completed by the end of 2017, she added.
Marvi informed the participants that the BISP was also introducing biometric system for distribution of its monetary support so as to eliminate the ATM mafia. She said the BISP was also focusing on promoting rural handicrafts and woman entrepreneurs by taking steps for selling their products online as well as bringing them to big markets, which would bring a revolution in the rural life.
