MANILA: Federal Minister and Chairperson Benazir Income Support
Programme (BISP), Farzana Raja has arrived on Tuesday in Philippines on
a high level visit. She is accompanied by Secretary BISP Mr. Sher Khan.
According to a press release, Ms Farzana Raja would meet the
President of Asian Development Bank (ADB) as well as the other high
level management of the Bank during her visit to Philippines.
During
this important meeting, the matters pertaining to health insurance,
life insurance, vocational & technical training and schemes related
to education would be discussed at length. Moreover, the existing
cooperation and support of Asian Development Bank being extended to
BISP would also come under discussion with an emphasis on the need to
enhance cooperation keeping in view the expansion in various operations
of the BISP.
Ms Farzana Raja, during her stay in Philippines,
is also scheduled to meet various key figures belonging to public and
private sector organizations of Philippines working in the social
sector. The possibility of mutual cooperation in the area of poverty
alleviation and other steps aiming at well being of downtrodden of
society would be explored during these meetings. Online
