The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is the first initiative in Pakistan which proves to women and the poor that the state is like a mother for them, BISP Chairperson Farzana Raja said on Wednesday. She was addressing a seminar titled, “BISP making difference in the lives of the people”. Farzana said that at present 44 such programmes were going on in different countries, whereas, BISP had been termed one of the best among them. Rachid Bin Masood, country director of the World Bank, Iftikhar Malik, senior social protection specialist of the World Bank, a visiting delegation of the Ministry of Planning Cambodia, journalists, students and members of civil society also participated in the seminar.
