Summary Orders BISP to make plans for overseas employment for 1.5 lac trained youth.
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Monday tasked BISP to make plans for overseas employment for 1.5 lac youth which it plans to train in different trades and vocations, in consultation with the Ministries of Overseas Pakistanis and Foreign Affairs.
He also asked Ms. Farzana Raza, Chairperson Benazir Income Support Program, to expand the BISP to cover not only more areas in the country but also to launch new initiatives under its umbrella.
This he said while addressing the graduating ceremony of Waseela-e-Rozgar scheme of Benazir Income Support Program whereby 10,000 youth have been equipped with vocational skills to enable them making their own livings in a respected and honored manner.
The ceremony was held at Bilawal House Karachi today and was attended among others by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Ms. Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, Ms. Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, federal & provincial ministers, parliamentarians and others besides the beneficiaries of Waseela-e-Rozgar scheme.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion the President congratulated the boys and the girls who had completed training in different trades. He said that the skills acquired by them will help them earn decent living and become productive citizens. The President said that this was part of the strategy of the Government to provide jobs to the people and to take the poor people out from the generational poverty traps.
Complimenting Chairperson BISP Ms. Farzana Raja, the Board Member of the Program and all other involved with the Program, the President said that every system and all programs take time to fully develop. He said that BISP also has developed into a comprehensive social safety net with the flux of time.
He said that it was the flagship program of the Government for reducing poverty and empowering women. The President said that we all are very proud of the way in which the Program has progressed and is becoming a comprehensive social safety net.
It has attracted worldwide appreciation for its transparency, objectivity and efficiency, the President continued. He said that reaching over 7 million families in a short span of four years is indeed a major achievement and felicitated the Chairperson BISP and all those who have made it a success story.
The President said that it was very rare that a program which was designed locally keeping in view the indigenous requirements of the population has gained acceptability and recognition not only at national level but also at the international forums due to its objectivity, fairness, outreach and effectiveness.
He said that BISP has achieved
significant progress in reaching out to the poorest of the poor and extricating people from generational traps of poverty, however, in view of the booming population much more needs to be done as the program has a great scope to be further expanded and strengthened.
The President said that Benazir Income Support Programme was a realization of the dream of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. He said that our Shaheed leaders continue to guide us to make Pakistan a truly welfare State.
