ISLAMABAD: Law and Justice Minister Zahid Hamid on Friday informed the Senate
that there was no
proposal under consideration to increase allocations for Waseela-e-Haq and Waseela-e-Rozgar
schemes under the Benazir Income Support Programme.
He said it was decided at a board meeting during 2013 to stop both the
schemes as lot of discrepancies were unearthed in these
schemes. “These
schemes were actually meant for the poor but were not properly utilized.”
Answering questions o
n behalf of the finance minister, he also informed the House
that the cases of 15 non-governmental organizations were under process for registration. “The Eco
nomic Affairs Division is processing these cases while the documents of 15 local NGOs receiving foreign contributions have been circulated among stakeholders for seeking views,” he said.
He also explained the House
that the Eco
nomic Affairs Division has limited mandate as it registers only NGOs receiving foreign contributions under policy for regulation of organizations receiving foreign contributions.
When asked about regulating the NGOs working in the country, the minister said EAD only deals with the Pakistani NGOs
that receive foreign funding.
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