ISLAMABAD: The government took action against officials who illegally benefited from the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), and fired four grade-17 officers in connection with the scandal.
The move is part of government decision to initiate action against the officials found benefiting from the BISP.
According to sources, the spouse of these officers were taking advantage of the BISP program. Furthermore, Rs440, 000 were recovered from the officers. The government seeks reply in 10 days from the officers in this regard.
The government has issued show-cause notices for dismissal of those government employees, found involved. As many as 2,543 government officials from Grade-17 to Grade-21 were receiving the BISP income support tri-monthly handouts, despite the program meant for the poor segments of the society.
Earlier a report revealed that 62 civil servants government officials from Grade-17 to Grade-21 of the federal government were receiving BISP fund, whereas, 741 officials from Balochistan were found receiving handouts of the income support programme.
Whereas, Sindh topped the list with 1,122 high-grade provincial government officials were exited from the list. Three government officers of Grade-21 were among the list of the beneficiaries of the social protection programme.
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