Sunday 20 March 2011

POVERTY: Pakistan: Govt fighting terrorism, poverty simultaneously


ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson, Farzana Raja, said on Thursday that war on terror and the war against poverty are intertwined, therefore, present democratic government has made poverty alleviation one of its prime focused areas. Farzana Raja said this while speaking as chief guest at a roundtable “Gender, Peace and Conflict in Pakistan: Knowledge, Best Practice and Research in Policy Making Processes,’’ organised by Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU). Farzana Raja said the government believed that without empowering women, we cannot make serious progress on any front especially in building a peaceful, tolerant and developed society. Farzana Raja said that Benazir Bhutto was not only committed with the cause of uplifting the lives of poor masses but also was an ardent supporter of women rights and women empowerment. Therefore, she said, BISP was launched to provide financial assistance to the poorest of the poor and it has made women empowerment is an integral part of the programme. Hence, all benefits to the beneficiary families are being provided through the woman head of the family. pr

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C03%5C18%5Cstory_18-3-2011_pg7_27

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