Minister of
State and Chairperson BISP MNA Marvi Memon visited Jhangara Bajara in Sehwan
Sharif today to condole with the family of Tania Khaskheli, a teenage girl who
was killed by the gangster of the area for refusing to marry him.
She condoled
with the family on behalf of Federal Government under the direction of Prime
Minister and assured the family of full support from the government. She said
that the acts like killing of innocent women are intolerable and the Sindh
government must make an example of the killers by bringing them to the justice
so that such crimes are never repeated in future. Ms. Marvi was accompanied by
MPA Sorath Thebo.
Chairperson
BISP also visited Dadu where she held meetings with BISP officials from Larkana
Division and beneficiaries to discuss their issues and gather feedback
especially regarding complaints of agent mafia and middlemen looting the money
of innocent BISP beneficiaries. She said that BISP is committed to social
and financial empowerment of women and there is zero tolerance for any kind of
corrupt elements coming in the way of this dedication. She reiterated that it
is the responsibility of BISP staff to provide them efficient services and save
them from fraudsters.
In Dadu
district, there are 95,308 BISP beneficiaries, 22,642 from Dadu tehsil, 28,625
from Johi tehsil, 17,035 from Khairpur Nathan Shah and 27,006 from Mehar
tehsil.
She added
that new survey for NSER update has been done in Thatta, Sujawal, Sukkur and
Jacobabad under pilot phase. After its completion, national rollout
would start in October 2017. Participation from public would be essential for
successful completion of survey before mid 2018. She urged the beneficiaries to
facilitate the enumerators by providing correct information when the survey
teams visit their homes. She highlighted that the new survey is tablet based
and there is no survey fee, so public should remain vigilant of the fraudsters.
Chairperson
BISP heard the problems of beneficiaries and issued direction to BISP staff to
resolve their complaints on priority basis. She also asked beneficiaries to
register their complaints on BISP Hotline 0800-26477.
