BISP an apolitical venture for the poor, says Kundi

Minister of State for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Faisal Karim Kundi, termed the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) a non-political program, saying that reforms were being made to facilitate maximum deserving people.

He expressed these views while talking to media persons after inaugurating Dynamic Registry Center under the BISP at Shujaabad here.

The state minister said that about 8.9 million women were availing the financial assistance through this program and added that the beneficiaries would get 25 percent extra amount in quarterly installments.

He noted that the previous PTI government had imposed restrictions on the BISP, and now the government was removing it to facilitate beneficiaries.

He recalled that BISP was initiated by PPP government in 2008, for the poor and deserving people. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhuttoo Zardari had expanded this programme through a dynamic survey as a large number of women were getting the facility.