Report: Nareender Kumar / ANI
MITHI –Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Senator Rubina Khalid, chaired a high-level meeting at Darbar Hall, Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Tharparkar, to review relief and welfare measures for drought-affected communities across the district.
The meeting was attended by members of the National and Provincial Assemblies, senators, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) district and local office-bearers, and senior district administration officials.
Participants discussed expanding BISP assistance to vulnerable families, particularly deserving women in drought-affected areas, addressing beneficiaries’ grievances, and improving access to financial assistance and welfare services.
Prominent participants included PPP Mirpurkhas Division President and MNA Dr. Mahesh Kumar Malani, MNA Pir Amir Ali Shah Jilani, MPAs Faqir Sher Muhammad Bilalani, Qasim Siraj Soomro and Dr. Khatumal Jeewan, Senators Poonjo Mal Bheel, Engineer Gianchand Tharani and Krishna Kumari Kohli, PPP District President Dr. Ghulam Haider Samejo, Commissioner Mirpurkhas, and Deputy Commissioner Tharparkar Abdul Haleem Jagirani.
Other attendees included PPP District General Secretary Sushil Kumar Malani, Veerji Kolhi, Advocate Kundan Malhi, Siraj Soomro, Sameer Tharani, Arbab Akbar Adil, Amir Ali Dil, Karim Dino Dil, Kamla Bheel, Sumitra Manjiani, Pradeep Ojha, Ghulam Junejo, Wadero Nawaz Junejo, Kamlesh Lohano, Ashok Chauhan and other party representatives.
The meeting emphasised stronger coordination among relevant authorities to ensure the timely, transparent and effective delivery of financial assistance to deserving families affected by drought in Tharparkar.
