Fawad Chaudhry bashes govt officers for benefiting from BISP

Dunya News

Officials from Balochistan and Sindh received highest amounts through the programme

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry criticized government officers who were beneficiaries of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and said that officers should be ashamed.

Fawad Chaudhry tweeted a picture of list of names of officers who benefited from the program and said that officers should be ashamed for looting the money belonging to the poor.

According to the list tweeted by Fawad Chaudhry, 2543 government officers between BSP 17 -21 benefited from the program.

Officials from Balochistan and Sindh received highest amounts through the programme.

Overall, three officers of grade 21 and 59 officers of grade 20 quarterly received the sum under the programme whereas 429 officials of grade 19 were also among the beneficiaries.

342 officers of grade 18 from Sindh and 1,240 officers of grade 17 overall derived advantages from the scheme. The list also includes six BISP representatives. The process of ousting ineligible persons from the programme is ongoing.