Mass corruption unearthed in BISP – Government probe shows that 820,165 beneficiaries own cars, live luxurious life

• According to the revealed data, 153,302 recipients of the programme traveled overseas at least once whereas, 10,475 had traveled multiple times.

• The decision of removing the recipients from the system was taken by the federal cabinet on the request of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division.

According to the sources,820,165 recipients of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) were recently excluded from the BISP amid allegations of misuse of funds. These beneficiaries were living a wealthy lifestyle and the grant that had been allocated for underprivileged individuals was being misused to provide luxuries instead.

Data of Recipients:

According to official data, 153,302 recipients of the program traveled overseas at least once whereas, 10,475 had traveled multiple times. Also, the spouses of 195,364 recipients went overseas once while 166,319 traveled abroad more than once.

Additionally, one or more vehicles were registered under the names of 692 recipients while, the  spouses of 43, 746 recipients had one or more vehicle listed under their names.

The average telephone bill of recipients (24,564) and spouses of recipients (115,567) was recorded to be more than Rs. 1,000.

In addition, 666 recipients and 580 spouses of recipients had applied for passports via Executive Centres. Furthermore, three or more family members of 36,970 recipients of the program had applied for CNICS via Executive Centres.

It was also revealed that 14,730 beneficiaries and 127,826 spouses of beneficiaries were the employees of Pakistan Post, Pakistan Railways and BISP itself.

Excluded from the Database:

The decision of removing the recipients from the system was taken by the federal cabinet on the request of the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division.

Dr.Sania, Special Assistant to the PM on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety thanked the cabinet for approving her proposal of excluding the 820, 165 ineligible recipients.

However, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari criticized the PTI government for depriving poor women from social security and monthly income.

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