BISP Chair Frames Cash Aid as an Entitlement While Rolling Out Training and a National Digital Wallet

The Badin visit signals a push to formalise cash transfers, expand vocational training and use 1LINK to widen women’s access to payments and banking.

Overview

BISP chairperson Senator Rubina Khalid said the programme is a right for deserving families and reported the scheme now reaches more than 60 million people.
She told officials that about 12 million children receive Benazir Taleemi Wazaif education stipends and roughly 2.2 million women are enrolled in the Benazir Nashonuma nutrition support.
The Benazir Hunarmand initiative will offer market-aligned technical and vocational training targeted at beneficiary women and young people to help them find paid work.
Khalid explained a new 1LINK-enabled digital wallet that will let women withdraw BISP payments from authorised bank retailers anywhere in the country to improve convenience and financial inclusion.
During the Badin visit she met local women, elected officials and civil society, collected complaints for priority follow-up and publicly defended BISP’s transparency against critics.