BISP disburses over Rs46b among flood-hit families

QUETTA   -  Continuing its efforts to support the flood stricken families in this difficult time, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has so far dis­bursed over Rs46 billion among 1,861,836 flood affected fami­lies. According to the statistics issued by the BISP here Monday, an amount of Rs25,000 per fam­ily is being distributed through BISP to the flood affected fami­lies of Balochistan, Sindh, Khy­ber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan. So far a total of Rs46,545,900,000 has been dis­bursed among 1,861,836 flood af­fected families under Flood Relief Cash Assistance across the coun­try. In Balochistan, 150,568 flood affected families have received Rs. 3,764,200,000. 1,321,300 af­fected families of Sindh have received Rs.33,032,500,000. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 183,628 families have received Rs. 4,590,700,000 whereas 206,033 families of Punjab have received Rs.5,150,825,000. In Gilgit Baltis­tan 307 flood affected families have also received Rs. 7,675,000. Today, a total of 142,171 flood af­fected families have received fi­nancial assistance from different campsites established in flood hit areas. A control room has been es­tablished at BISP headquarters to ensure smooth payments.

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