ISLAMABAD: The government has raised the quarterly grant from Rs 5,000 to Rs5,500 for 4.3 million beneficiaries under the Ehsaas Kifalat Programme of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation and BISP Chairman Dr Sania Nishtar said in a statement.
Dr Sania said that the government would now additionally provide Rs8.6 billion for the poverty-stricken individuals.
She said the BISP has now 4.27 million active beneficiaries after 0.82 million undeserving beneficiaries were delisted. She said that the stipend would be given to the deserving beneficiaries only.
Trending
- Peaceful protests hold across AJK against worst rigging in by-elections
- Parliamentary party under the chairmanship of PM AJK holds a meeting
- All political parties and the opposition condemn fake and bogus cases against journalists in AJK
- Inflation in Pakistan
- “The world – A war zone”
- Political Meltdown in Pakistan And Way Forward
- ‘‘Hate speech’’ Modi might be disqualified
- Amanullah Khan: Remembering the Gilgit Rebel