A few days ago, I received a WhatsApp message from one of my friends which got me sad and astonished. It consisted of detailed personal and professional information of a large number of government servants of higher scales whose wives were found to be beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). Many of the […]
A video from a government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan from a few months ago has gone viral on social media where a parliamentarian suggested that the government changed the name of Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). The proposal was made on grounds that those who receive financial aid under the BISP think […]
Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch’s mother has been excluded from the Benazir Income Support Programme as the government seeks to remove ‘undeserving’ people availing the programme. Rights activist Nighat Dad stated on Twitter that Qandeel Baloch’s mother was among those whose name had been removed from the poverty alleviation programme. She stated that she […]