GWADAR: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson and State Minister Marvi Memon visited Gwadar on Thursday to check the progress made on Waseela-e-Taleem (WeT) programme in line with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s uplift package for the development of Balochistan. Under the newly-announced 10-year development package, all union councils in Balochistan would receive education, electricity, water, gas and health facilities. During the visit, the BISP chairperson interacted with primary school students enrolled under BISP WeT programme and held meetings with the BISP Beneficiary Committees (BBC) and the local notables. Memon further said that under the WeT initiative, BISP enrols children of ages between five and 12 into primary schools. In the meeting with the BBCs, the minister stated that BISP was complementing Prime Minister’s uplift package for Balochistan, adding that BISP was contributing not only to financial and educational uplift but also to nutrition, health and women empowerment.

Source: Pakistan Today November 30, 2017 19:30 UTC