BISP is nation’s pride: PM

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Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday told his cabinet that the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) was a pride of the nation, as it had earned worldwide recognition as an effective social safety programme. He said developing countries had been advised by the UN secretary general to replicate the same. The prime minister also constituted a committee consisting of the minister for information and broadcasting, BISP chairperson, minister for interior and prime minister’s special assistant in the social sector to formulate a strategy to create awareness among the people about the programme as an effective instrument of women empowerment as per vision of Shaheed Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto.

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