RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Secretary Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), Omar Hamid Khan has said that so far more than 1.7 million children across the country have been enrolled in primary schools under the programme, out of which more than 750,709 are enrolled in Sindh.

Speaking at a meeting with BBC’s Women Leader, he said that societies can only be empowered through education and awareness. BISP Waseela-e-Taleem is playing an exemplary role in empowering the future of the country by educating its children.

BISP through its beneficiary committees is bringing real women empowerment in the country, he said.

Investing in women is vital for the country’s development and BISP has done a remarkable job by making vulnerable women socially, politically and financially inclusive and empowered, he said.

The BISP beneficiary committee (BBC) is a cluster of 25-30 local beneficiary women that meet regularly to discuss routine issues.

The beneficiary committees are BISPs empowerment tool through which women are trained by women leaders and are socially mobilised on nutrition, health, women rights, cash withdrawal and education.

There are 50,000 BBCs across the country, which are mobilising women so that they are able to contribute towards the development of the country.

Omar said that women should realise their potential so that they could become useful members of the society.

At the end BISP Secretary heard the problems of women and directed the officials to resolve them at the earliest.