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Rs24 Billion BISP Irregularities: 140,488 Govt Employees Took Aid, NA Briefed

Flat vector illustration of a Pakistani government official reviewing documents at a desk with a woman beneficiary receiving a payment card, pastel background, no text in the artwork

Irregularities of Rs24 billion have been uncovered in the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), with 140,488 government employees and pensioners found to have received payments meant for poor families. The figures come from documents the Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety presented in the National Assembly — and they make uncomfortable reading: the problem … Read more