PM directs reinclusion of BISP beneficiaries unduly dropped by previous government.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the reinclusion of eligible persons into Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), who were struck out of the beneficiary list by the previous government without any reason.

He gave the direction in a meeting held with Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation Shazia Atta Marri.

The prime minister welcomed devising a procedure about making an appeal for reinclusion of the persons expelled from BISP.

PM Shehbaz Sharif was briefed on the proposed procedure of the appeal for such 820,000 people who were dropped from the BISP by the previous...

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