Charsadda (HRNW) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said all flood survivors in the country, including Khyber Pakthunkhwa, would receive cash assistance of Rs25,000 each through the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) by September 3.
The premier is on a visit to flood-stricken areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Monday after his visits to Balochistan and Sindh.
On his visit to Charsadda, PM Shahbaz said the federation, provincial governments, military, and national and provincial disaster management authorities are working together to provide relief to the flood victims.
The distribution of cash assistance among the flood-hit people was underway in all the provinces, including Sindh and Balochistan, as the federal government had allocated Rs28 billion for the purpose, he said while talking to the flood victims at the relief camps.
PM Shehbaz said Rs1 million each would be provided to the heirs of deceased.
The federal ministers Marriyum Aurangzeb and Murtaza Javed Abbasi, PM’s Adviser Engr Amir Muqam, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Sherpao and Awami National Party (ANP) President Aimal Wali Khan also accompanied the prime minister during his visit to the relief camps.
PM Shehbaz Sharif said the federal government had provided funds of Rs15 billion to Sindh and Rs10 billion to Balochistan, while the special grant for the KP flood victims would be announced soon.