Pakistan’s flagship social protection initiative, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), has announced an increase in stipends across its major schemes ahead of Ramadan, providing additional financial relief to around 10 million beneficiary families nationwide. Read More: Over Rs 83 billion disbursed among Benazir Kafaalat beneficiaries BISP Chairperson Rubina Khalid said the quarterly payment under […]
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Punjab CM announces monthly stipends for imams of 65,000 mosques
In a landmark decision, Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif directed the authorities concerned to introduce a monthly stipend for ‘imams’ of 65,000 mosque across the province, being the first initiative of its kind in Pakistan’s history. She said while presiding over the fifth consecutive meeting on law and order that mosque imams are highly […]