Federal Minister and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Madam Farzana Raja, while talking to a high level mission of Asian Development Bank (ADB) led by Mr Michiel Van Der Auwera, said by imparting vocational and technical training to millions of youth belonging to deprived segments of society, BISP is playing a pivotal role in eradication of poverty as well as socio-economic uplift of these families. She said BISP intends to achieve economic self-sustainability for these segments of society through its Waseela-e-Haq and Waselea-e-Rozgar initiatives. The mission assured BISP of the continuous support of ADB and acknowledged BISP’s progress in achieving the stated objectives in an efficient manner. Mr Michiel said ADB is seriously considering collaboration and cooperation with BISP in the coming years.
