Islamabad: (Staff Reporter) Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Chairperson Shazia Marri said that around Rs.63 billion have been disbursed among 2,500,000 flood-affected families.
Shazia Marri was speaking during a meeting with the Country Director, World Bank, Mr Najy Benhassine, during which she highly appreciated the timely cooperation of the World Bank in terms of providing financial support to the flood-affected people.
Furthermore she said that quality food is being provided to 9, 00,000 women under the Benazir Nashonuma Program with the support of the World Food Program. The program has so far benefited around 25,000 pregnant and lactating mothers, she added.
Talking about the Benazir Kafalat program, the chairperson conveyed that the Kafalat stipend is being disbursed among deserving families across the country, following a transparent procedure. She said that the privacy of data related to the information of deserving households is the top priority of BISP.
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