Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Barrister Masood Kausar praised the Waseela-e-Haq Rozgar Scheme – a subsidiary project of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) – while distributing cheques among poor women at the Governor’s House on Monday. Addressing a cheque distribution ceremony as the chief guest, the governor said the welfare scheme was necessary for the poor in Pakistan, particularly the KP, where people had offered numerous sacrifices in the war against terror. He said the war affected people deserved such initiatives because their economic activities and infrastructure had been severely affected by the regional conflict.
The governor praised the programme, saying its accessibility to a vast majority of people was a great success. He also emphasised the need to educate people over the fatal effects of polio. He said Pakistan was one of the few remaining countries in the world with polio virus, and that the government, along with religious leaders, politicians and teachers would struggle to eliminate the virus from the country.
Poor women from various parts of the province and the tribal belt received Waseela-e-Haq Rozgar cheques worth Rs 150,000 each on the occasion. BISP Chairperson Farzana Raja welcomed the governor and highlighted the programme’s activities and its achievements. She said the BISP was benefiting almost six million families, encompassing 35 to 40 million people from across the country, and that each woman was being given Rs 300,000 under the programme.
Several provincial ministers and legislators were also present on the occasion.
