Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) authorities to place a condition for the programme beneficiaries to get their children enrolled in schools to promote the education culture in the country.<\/p>\n
He said after a certain period, a condition should be placed for the beneficiaries that they will only be able to get their stipends if they send their children to schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not be promoting the army of beggars but promoting the army of doers who will build Pakistan with their mental and physical capacity and a time will come soon when Pakistan will stand on its own feet and will generate our resources,\u201d Shehbaz Sharif said after launching the Social Protection Account under BISP here.<\/p>\n
He appreciated Minister for BISP Shazia Marri who with her hard work, expanded the programme and ensure transparency in it.<\/p>\n
He recalled that during the devastating floods last summer when the government was also facing intense economic crisis, the flood caused heavy destruction in most parts of the country.<\/p>\n
He said under BISP, the federal government distributed Rs 70 billion in all the provinces in the most transparent manner.<\/p>\n
This amount, he said was apart from the aid money sent by the friendly countries, and local and international donor agencies.<\/p>\n
PM Shehbaz Sharif said former prime minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed had a great vision of poverty alleviation and she introduced the programme which was successfully continued.<\/p>\n
With regards to Pakistan\u2019s programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he thanked all the friendly countries who helped to get through with the IMF and sign a staff-level agreement.<\/p>\n
He hoped that this programme would succeed and the nine-month insurance will be available to Pakistan to bring in reforms and restructure the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n
Shazia Marri said the number of enrolled children under the programme was 2.6 million in 2022 while the coalition government had increased the number to 7.52 million in one year.<\/p>\n
Under BISP, she said a targeted subsidy of Rs 16.3 billion was also provided to the 8.6 million families (Rs 2000 each) to mitigate the effects of petroleum products.<\/p>\n
She said under the direction of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the quarterly stipend for the BISP beneficiaries was increased by 25% from Rs 7000 a year ago to Rs 8,750 now.<\/p>\n
On the occasion, the prime minister also distributed the Social Protection Accounts kits among the beneficiaries who came from different parts of the country.<\/p>\n
Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb and Minister of State for Poverty Alleviation Faisal Kareem Kundi were also present on the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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