Social safety net: Wassela-e-Haq scheme draws held

President Asif Ali Zardari performed 30th to 36th computerised draws of Wassela-e-Haq scheme under Benazir Income Support Programme in President House on Tuesday. As a result of these draws, around 9,500 beneficiary families will be provided Rs300,000 interest free loans for launching their own businesses along with the training for entrepreneurship. Cheques worth Rs150,000 each were distributed amongst 248 BISP beneficiaries whose names were announced in previous Waseela-e-Haq Draws. Benazir Debit Cards for receiving cash on ATM machines and bank franchises were also distributed amongst beneficiaries by President Zardari accompanied by Federal Minister and Chairperson BISP Farzana Raja and Federal Minister for Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh.


Published in The Express Tribune, August 29^th, 2012.