Benazir Income Support Programme ensuring speedy disbursement of Rs 25,000 to flood affected families

ISLAMABAD, Sep 22 (SABAH): Benazir Income Support Programme is ensuring speedy disbursement of Rs 25,000 to the flood affected families of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab under Flood Relief Cash Assistance.

In Balochistan 134,860 flood affected families have received Rs 3,371,500,000; 832,628 families have received Rs 20,815,700,000 in Sindh; 126,096 families have received Rs 3,152,400,000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 152,725 families of Punjab have received Rs 3,818,125,000.

As of Thursday evening Benazir Income Support Programme has so far disbursed Rs.31,157,725,000 among 1,246,309 flood affected families.

 On the last day 983 flood affected families in Balochistan; 111,623 families in Sindh; 545 families in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 260 flood affected families in Punjab have received the financial assistance.

A total of 113,411 flood affected families have received financial assistance today from different campsites established in flood hit areas. A control room has been established at Benazir Income Support Pogramme headquarters to ensure smooth payments.