• WAFAQI MOHTASIB’S INSPECTION TEAM VISITS BISP,
• TAKES SERIOUS NOTICE OF IRREGULARITIES IN DISBURSEMENT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE,
• SUGGESTS TRANSFER OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY INTO BANK ACCOUNTS OF BENEFICIARIES

Islamabad: 08 August, 2025 – An Inspection Team from the Federal Ombudsman (Wafaqi Mohtasib) Secretariat headed by a Senior Advisor, Mr. Ahmad Farooq, which visited the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Head Office here today to look into a large number of complaints regarding irregularities there, submitted its preliminary Report to the Wafaqi Mohtasib.

The Inspection Team asked the BISP Administration to examine the possibility of transferring the amount of financial assistance directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. It also instructed to conduct a thorough probe into the allegations of corruption levelled by some of the beneficiaries against certain officials of the organization. The Team also directed that the women, who have been declared ineligible for grant of assistance, may be intimated in writing of the reasons which would spare   them of the hassle of visiting the office repeatedly.

The Inspection Team also interacted with the women present there. Some of them complained that they have been made to visit the office repeatedly and a certain amount was often deducted unfairly from the prescribed grant. Likewise, the women considered ineligible for the grant of assistance, have not been informed of the reasons in clear terms. ‘The Administration rather collects their CNICs from them and put on these future dates in indelible ink, which rendered them spoiled and unsuitable for future use’, they disclosed.

Earlier, the Wafaqi Mohtasib’s team was briefed on various ongoing projects by the BISP Administration. It was informed that the basic purpose of the Programme was to help the persons and families living below the poverty line and the organization was presently disbursing financial relief to more than 10 million deserving families in addition to making arrangements for the education and brought up of children including provision of healthy food for the new born.