BISP scam: Names of top govt employees begin to surface, notices issued.

ISLAMABAD -- The top government officials, who took benefit from Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), on Friday have been given show-cause notices regarding termination from their jobs as their names have started to surface.

According to a median report, an inquiry against the officials including BISP Assistant Director in Dera Ghazi, Mohammad Nauman has been launched on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who had expressed strong displeasure when a report of beneficiaries disqualified from BISP database, on the basis of being government employees or servants of railways, was presented to him.

Meanwhile, the government has issued show cause notices to the government employees who have been exploiting the rights of the poor using the credentials of their wives for nine years.

Officers, who exploited BISP by enrolling their wives, have been given 10 days to respond. Jobs will be terminated if they do not respond satisfactorily.

According to details, 2,543 senior officers were removed from the BISP list and officials from Balochistan and Sindh had received highest amounts through the...

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