Mr. Wang Zhi
Hua Economic/Commercial Counselor and his team visited BISP Headquarters today
and held a meeting with Secretary BISP Mr. Omar Hamid Khan.
The purpose
of the meeting was to discuss the engagement of the Chinese Government for
future intervention in various initiatives of BISP aimed at graduating
underprivileged segments of population out of poverty.
In his
welcome remarks, Secretary BISP stated that BISP, the flagship social safety
net programme of Pakistan, wishes to benefit from the Chinese experience of
graduating 77 million families out of poverty. The Secretary urged the Chinese
diplomats to embark upon a journey of knowledge sharing and partnerships which
will help government’s efforts to eradicate poverty.
During the
meeting, microfinance schemes and skills training exchange programs leading to
self employment and entrepreneurship of BISP beneficiaries came under
discussion. It was deliberated that the Chinese trainers and experts may give
skills training to beneficiaries across Pakistan.
The Chinese
delegation mentioned the ongoing Chinese projects of providing solar energy
equipment to Pakistani Government and provision of hybrid rice to farmers for
enhanced productivity through Ministry of National Food Security and Research.
It was discussed that the Chinese Government may assist BISP on the pattern of
these projects through South-South Cooperation Fund by providing solar energy
equipment to BISP Headquarter and BISP beneficiaries in the villages of Sindh
and Balochistan. Moreover, the idea of providing hybrid rice to BISP
beneficiaries for better income generation was also discussed.
In the end,
Secretary BISP thanked the Chinese delegation and reiterated that in the next
meeting, BISP team would focus on the concrete steps of cooperation between
BISP and Chinese Government for the welfare of the under privileged segments of
the society, as per government policy.
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