4 govt officials axed for getting BISP benefits.

Byline: Imran Ali Kundi

ISLAMABAD -- The government has started taking action against those civil servants who had enrolled themselves or their spouses as Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) beneficiaries.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar on Saturday said that four grade-17 officers of (BISP) have been dismissed from service on charges of corruption and misconduct. 'Four Grade-17 BISP officers dismissed from service on charges of corruption and misconduct as they got their wives enrolled as BISP beneficiaries fraudulently, using their position in the BISP and Rs440, 196 has been recovered as part of Ehsaas integrity and anti-corruption drive,' Sania Nishtar said on her social media account.

She further said that government has taken action against Muhammad Nouman Zaheem, Assistant Director BISP, Tehsil Parova, Dera Ismail Khan, Shafi ullah, Assistant Director Tehsil office, Dera Ismail Khan, Syed Fazle Amin, Assistant Director Tehsil office Abbotabad and Sabeel Khan, Assistant Director, Tehsil office Palas, Abbotabad. An amount of Rs440, 196 has also been recovered as part of Ehsaas integrity and anti-corruption drive. Earlier in another tweet, Dr. Nishtar said confirmed that Nafisa Shah is not in the list of people who have benefited from BISP.

The government had recently removed 820,165 beneficiaries from the list of...