NA panel concerned over inadequacy of Rs50 daily stipend for children enrolled in PBM
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Chairman Standing Committee of the National Assembly (NA) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur chairs a meeting at the Committee Room of the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (Head Office) on April 28, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@NationalAssemblyOfPakistan
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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on the inadequacy of poverty and social safety for children who enrolled in Pakistan Bait -ul -Mulm (PBM) schools has expressed serious concern and it has been believed that a particularly inflammatory trend should be done as an immediate influence. Promise
The committee issued a directive for the PBM to immediately review the children’s labor stipend structure, submit the latest supported suggestions through experimental data, and increase its access and services procedures before the next session.
The Standing Committee, along with its Chairman Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur, organized its meeting here to evaluate the implementation of key welfare programs in the Pakistan Bait -ul -Mulm (Head Office) committee room and to remove important gaps in providing Pakistan Bait -ul -Mill Mill service.
The committee expressed his deep dissatisfaction over the prolonged delay in the centers of the Benzier Income Support Program (BISP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and other backward areas adjacent to the Pak -Afghan border region and other backward areas. BISP representatives revealed that the BISP board has been defused since February 2025, which has stopped the inauguration of new facilities in 180 sarcasm across the country.
The Secretary for Poverty and Social Security noted that the required approval in the Prime Minister’s Office has been pending since March 2025.
The inquiries regarding promotions within the Pakistan Bait -ul -Mill (PBM) explained that such a process has been suspended in compliance with the federal government’s rights policy.
The PBM Director Administration informed the Committee on Healthcare, Education, Empowering Women, Welfare of Children, Elderly Care and Disability Support Committee Committee Committee on Extensive Mandate Committee.
The committee was told that the financial aid is strictly limited to the doorstep of the minimum wage, namely 37000/- monthly, in which public sector employees have been clearly excluded. Under its medical aid framework, PBM distributes Rs 1 million for the treatment of oncology and Rs 2.15 million for coacher employees, which is more than Rs 15 billion in the last fifteen years.
He added that educational scholarships are allocated by the nominations of the university, in which funds are sent directly to the educational institutions. The committee made the PBM mandatory to present a comprehensive list of all beneficial universities.
In the domain of professional training, PBM together with the National Professional and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) to provide six months of courses in 15 trade, preferring women’s participation, ensuring scholarships and material provisions.
Its children’s protection measures cover 160 schools for child workers, which provide scholarships, uniforms, textbooks and food, while 46 sweet houses meet orphans up to FSC, with other PBM welfare programs for education.
The orphan and widowed support program provides Rs 8,000 monthly to 21,112 families in 21 districts, as well as the annual grant of disabled people from Rs 30,000 to 29,060. The PBM has further maintained a pilot elderly care facility and 17 shelters in Lahore across the country.
The committee was briefed on PBM’s institutional reforms, including digitized record capping (60 % e -filing compliance) and tripartite audit mechanisms. Possible measures have been extended to 60 additional districts, establishment of master training centers, a nursing training institute, acquisition of a regional blood center, and an isolated hospital and infection treatment center in Chak Shahzad, Islamabad.
The PBM was instructed to provide all the questions raised by the members before the next meeting, providing a data -supported response. Additional questions were raised about the absence of scholarship distribution, data sharing mechanism with federal agencies, verification for the Nursing Training Institute, and the absence of PBM counters at the civilian District Headquarters (DHQ) hospitals.
The PBM clarified that while most partnerships are with public hospitals, some special private hospitals are also busy, and that there is already an integrated data sharing arrangement with NADRA, BISP, and AGPR, meanwhile, the concerned federal government ministries are undergoing data sharing.
Questions related to the method of choosing poor children into private schools, the limited influence of PBM in regions like Bajur and Chitral, and the operational status of the coachle employer program were also removed.
The members praised the benefits of employment performance to the tailoring units at home for the preparation of school uniforms and acknowledged the progress made with Pakistanis and health ministries abroad about the Nursing Training Institute.
