BISP launches BVS in Battagram

PESHAWAR: The Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) has launched biometric verification system (BVS) in Battagram to make the initiative transparent and more efficient.

Minister of State and Chairperson BISP Marvi Memon launched the BVS in a function held in Battagram. A press release issued here Saturday stated that the minister said that BVS would make an end to the middle man culture and ensure transparency in the programme.

Previously payments in Battagram were made through mobile phone banking system. Under the new system a beneficiary would have to present his CNIC only at the point of sale or franchisee of the partner bank and affix thumb impression for the withdrawal of the amount, the release added. 

A system generated receipt would also be given to the beneficiary carrying the details about payments and balance.

Marvi Memon said that BVS was a very simple and user-friendly payment mode compared to other modes of payment. “It makes the presence of the beneficiary mandatory to receive the stipend and empower them in a true sense,” she added. She said the beneficiaries would receive messages from banks containing information about the arrival/withdrawals of stipends from the accounts.

Security beefed up

The security in the provincial capital and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been beefed up ahead of Ashura.

The Qissa Khwani Road has been blocked for all kind of traffic as well as pedestrians who are not locals.

Senior police officers including SSP Operations Abbas Majeed Marwat visited various imambargahs and routes of processions in the city and cantonment to inspect the security arrangements.

The SSP Operations directed all the sub-divisional officers and the station house officers to make sure that all the routes of the processions are properly checked by the bomb disposal unit while no suspicious person is allowed entry in the area.

Abbas Majeed Marwat directed the officers to man all the rooftops and deploy cops in civvies in the inner city to keep check on any suspicious movement and people.