The 32nd board meeting of BISP was held over two days recently (April 19 and April 29) due to the extensive agenda that needed to be covered by the board. Chairperson of BISP, Dr Sania Nishtar chaired the board meeting. The meeting was attended by other Board members namely, Ali Raza Bhutta, Secretary BISP, Qazi Azmat Isa, Khawar Mumtaz, Atif Bajwa, Zafar A Khan and representatives from the Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs Division and the Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination.
This was the third board meeting in a period of six months since the new chair of the board has been appointed. During the meeting, Chairperson assured her commitment for transparency, accountability and merit for bringing improvements in the Programme. She said that BISP Board and Management have taken proactive action for devising systems to transform the BISP into a rule and merit based efficient organization.
During the Board meeting, board sub-committees presented agendas related to their respective mandates. "We have empowered board sub-committees and have facilitated their convening so that agendas are well prepared and are brought to the board after thorough discussion in board sub-committees", Sania Nishtar explained.-PR

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019

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