Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said that incumbent coalition government led by the PML-N is planning to abolish the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), pledging that his party would protect the scheme.
“It is unfortunate that the rulers want to end the Benazir Income Support Programme. We will save the Benazir Income Support Programme,” Bilawal said while addressing a public gathering in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Skardu. He said the PPP would ensure an increase in BISP funding by discussing it with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the budget process.
The PPP chief’s remarks come amid reports that the PML-N-led federal government is considering changes to the scheme’s structure.
