Benazir Income Support Programme disburses over Rs 25 billion among 1,005,978 flood affected families

ISLAMABAD, Sep 17 (SABAH): Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has so far distributed Rs.25,149,450,000 among 1,005,978 flood affected families in a transparent manner across the country. An amount of Rs.25,000 per family is being provided to the flood affected families of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab under Flood Relief Cash Assistance.

In Balochistan 128,428 flood affected families have received Rs.3,210,700,000; 602,977 families have received Rs.15,074,425,000 in Sindh; 123,269 families have received Rs.3,081,725,000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 151,304 families of Punjab have received Rs.3,782,600,000.

On Saturday 4,147 flood affected families received cash assistance from different campsites established in flood hit areas of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. A control room has been established at Benazir Income Support Pogramme headquarters to ensure smooth payments.