BISP Supports 4.7M Punjab Families with UCT

Lahore, July 20, 2025, 11:42 AM PKT — Financial aid is now flowing to approximately 4.7 million deserving families across Punjab under the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) initiative of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), declared Director General BISP Punjab Muhammad Nasir Khalily during a high-level visit by the Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety to the BISP Central Zonal Office in Lahore. The minister’s tour aimed to assess ongoing efforts and reaffirm transparency, accountability, and efficiency, spotlighting the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, Benazir Taleemi Wazaif, which has enrolled 8.2 million children in Punjab, boosting school attendance and retention for underprivileged communities.

The visit also highlighted the Benazir Nashonuma Programme, tackling malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women and infants, enhancing health outcomes. The minister stressed timely grievance redressal with empathy, commending the BISP Punjab team and spotlighting the Benazir Hunarmand Programme, offering technical training to beneficiaries for sustainable livelihoods. Attendees included Director General OM BISP HQ Fawad Nawaz Kiyani, Director CZO Waqar un Nisa, and senior officials. Web context shows social welfare trends, while posts found on X reflect hope—some praise aid efforts, others seek broader reach. Critically, the narrative of “support expansion” may mask delivery challenges—web data hints at past inefficiencies, and X sentiment suggests distrust in uniform impact, pointing to ongoing scrutiny.