ISLAMABAD: The government has distributed Rs 2.7billion among the poor under Waseela-e-Haq programme of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP).
Parliamentary Secretary for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatisation Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan Wednesday said this, while responding to a calling attention notice of Aftab Shahban Mirani, DrNafisa Shah and others in the National Assembly about discontinuation of the Waseela-e-Haq.
Afzal Khan said about 16,119 people have been benefitted through the scheme, while over 9,000 people have started their own business. He told the House that the programme was later discontinued as there was no viable recovery system of Rs 300,000 given to each person to start his own business.
He said the people who had applied under this programme were not well trained and suitable to start their own business and that was why it was discontinued. He, however, said that as its alternative the government has come up with a new initiative which has overlapped this programme.
Aftab Shahban Mirani was of the view that instead of discontinuing the programme the government should bring improvement in it. Nawab Yousuf Talpur on a point of order raised the issue of farmers and sugarcane growers. He said the federal government should call a meeting to address these issues.
Asyia Naz Tanoli raised the issue of low gas pressures in some union councils of Wah cantt and urged the government to take notice of it.
