ISLAMABAD: Chairperson BISP (Benazir Income Support Programme), Ms.
Farzana Raja has said that the recent statements of PML (N) leader Mian
Nawaz Sharif regarding BISP were reflective of defeated mindset.
Addressing
a press conference here at BISP Secretariat on Sunday. she termed BISP
as a completely apolitical programme, serving the poorest of the poor
of the country indiscriminately, while PML (N) leaders were pointing
fingers at this programme for the poor to avenge their defeat in the
elections and hence, exhibiting their negative and anti poor mentality.
The Chairperson BISP termed the transparent mechanisms adopted
by BISP as not only acknowledged by various prestigious international
bodies but also by both houses of the parliament , unanimously.
She
also informed that all the financial assistance disbursed among the
beneficiary families in the first phase of the programme has been made
on the recommendations of all the parliamentarians. Chairperson BISP
said that the apolitical nature of the programme could be proved from
the fact that Rs. 47 Billion have been disbursed in the first phase of
the programme among the beneficiary families recommended by the
representatives of the political parties other than PPP while only Rs.
25 billion have been distributed on the recommendations of member
parliaments belonging to PPP.
She further deliberated that out
of these Rs. 47 billion, Rs. 15 million have been distributed among the
recommended families by PML (N), Rs. 15.5 billion among PML (Q), Rs.
4.5 billion among MQM and Rs. 3 billion among the recommended families
by ANP. Ms. Farzana Raja said that Pakistan is not only threatened by
terrorism but also by political terrorists whose politics is just
limited to controversial statements, and had nothing to offer for the
poor masses of the country.
She said that during election
campaign in AJK, Mian Nawaz Sharif did not say anything about Kashmiri
people on their sufferings and instead, he only attempted to malign
Pakistan Army.
She said that former PM AJK Raja Farooq Haider
was also following the same line adopted by Mian Nawaz Sharif and had
forgotten the fact that while receiving BISP forms, he was quite
applicative of BISP and termed it a very useful programme.
She
said that the people of Pakistan in all four provinces would also
reject such negative mindset in next elections. She said that the
financial assistance disbursed under BISP cannot be stopped or held as
the payment mechanism is automated.
In response to a query, she
said that that government is not afraid of any alliance of undemocratic
forces against it, and would continue its policy of National
reconciliation, which should not be taken as a weakness of the
government; stressing that reactionary forces must revisit their
negative approach.
Ms. Farzana Raja said that BISP being a
practical manifestation of the dreams of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto was
being expanded successfully; citing a Rs. 65 billion allocation in the
Federal Budget for the BISP while availability of funds has been
insured as per requirements of the programme. She said that various
international donor agencies are also willing to extend their support
to BISP in its poverty alleviation objectives and it is being expected
that the programme would be extended further with the help of funds
obtained from these international bodies.Over speeding
takes life of husband, wife Islamabad: A couple was killed in road
accident at motorway near Kallar Kahar while two children received
multiple injuries when the car was hit with parked truck along side the
motorway on Sunday.
The poor family comprising of Muhammad
Hafeez , his wife Nuzhat and two children belonging from Faisalabad was
on its way in their car bearing registration No. FDA 254 to Lahore .
When they reached Kallar Kahar , Hafeez , who was driving the car could
not keep the control on vehicle due to over speeding as it hit with a
standing truck from back side.
Due to accident Hafeez his wife
Nuzhat died on the spot while there son and daughter received multiple
injuries and they were shifted to Distt. Head quarter hospital Chakwal.
Police registered the case and started investigation.
