Sargodha: As many as 75,550 registered women beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) have received the latest quarterly payment of Rs14,500 each across Sargodha district, said Assistant Director BISP Sumaira on Thursday.
Talking to the Associated Press of Pakistan, she said the payments were being disbursed through wallet SIM accounts under the recently released tranche.
She highlighted that a total of 213,000 women were registered under the programme in the district, including around 150,000 in Sargodha tehsil, while the remaining beneficiaries belonged to Kot Momin, Bhalwal, Bhera, Sillanwali, Sahiwal and Shahpur tehsils.
Sumaira said that around 30,000 belonged to Sargodha tehsil, while the remaining beneficiaries were from the other tehsils.
She said the payment process was continuing smoothly across the district and advised beneficiaries to visit their nearest designated retailer to collect their payments.
The assistant director said that 86 per cent of the SIM distribution process had been completed across the district, while the remaining beneficiaries had been requested to visit their respective BISP tehsil offices to receive their SIMs.
She urged women beneficiaries to immediately report any illegal deduction or overcharging by retailers to the relevant BISP office so that prompt action could be taken.