SIALKOT: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Marvi Memon on Thursday said that the PML-N government was striving to rehabilitate the poor, besides urging the business community to come forward to support the marginalised segment of society.
She was addressing a meeting of exporters held at the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI).
SCCI President Fazal Jillani, Senior Vice President Mir Alamgir Meyer, Vice President Malik Naseer Ahmed and Chairman Pakistan Gloves Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PGMEA) Muhammad Younas were also present.
Marvi Memon asked the business community to come forward and provide jobs to the poor in factories after giving them necessary training of advanced skills.
She said this would also help to overcome shortage of skilled labour. She said the BISP had initiated close liaison with the business community and it had been started from the SCCI.
“Let us start this revolution from Sialkot and soon it would spread to other chambers of commerce and industry”, she added. “It was time to do good deeds together.”
Marvi Memon said the PML-N government had increased budget of the BISP from Rs 40 billion to Rs 102 billion annually.
She said the government was making all-out sincere efforts to assist the poor by providing them financial aid of Rs 1,500 per family per month with full respect.
Marvi said the BISP was a journey of light and success, and it would continue with active cooperation of the business community. This has also been initiated from the SCCI, he added.
Marvi Memon said the BISP had become hallmark of the country globally. It had also become the fifth among leading social welfare programmes in the world, she added.
She said the BISP was also giving an economic boost to women of poor families besides proving itself as a milestone towards the goal of highlighting a practical role of women in the national development process.
The Chairperson said the BISP had been providing financial assistance to 5.1 million poor families in the country.
She said the BISP had got six million children enrolled in schools across the country by spending Rs 400 million in this regard.
SCCI President Fazal Jillani and Chairman PGMEA Muhammad Younas assured her of cooperation from exporters and announced to provide training to advanced skills to the poor of the district.
They also announced of providing jobs in their factories.
SCCI President Fazal Jillani said the SCCI would soon sign a MoU with the BISP in this regard.
