As many as 80,850 registered women beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) received the latest quarterly payment of Rs14,500 each across Sargodha district, said Assistant Director BISP Sumaira on Monday.
80,850 beneficiaries received payments under BISP
SARGODHA, Jul 13 (APP):As many as 80,850 registered women beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) received the latest quarterly payment of Rs14,500 each across Sargodha district, said Assistant Director BISP Sumaira on Monday.
Talking to Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) here on Monday, she said the payments were being disbursed through wallet SIM accounts under the recently released tranche.
She highlighted that a total of 213,000 women were registered under the programme in the district, including around 150,000 in Sargodha tehsil, while the remaining beneficiaries belonged to Kot Momin, Bhalwal, Bhera, Sillanwali, Sahiwal and Shahpur tehsils.
Sumaira said that around 40,000 belonged to Sargodha tehsil, while the remaining beneficiaries were from the other tehsils.
The assistant director said that 90 per cent of the SIM distribution process had been completed across the district, while the remaining beneficiaries had been requested to visit their respective BISP tehsil offices to receive their SIMs.
She urged women beneficiaries to immediately report any illegal deduction or overcharging by retailers to the relevant BISP office so that prompt action could be taken.
