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Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Shazia Marri, has been appointed as Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme Board in July 2022.

The Benazir Income Support Programme is a federal unconditional cash transfer poverty reduction program in Pakistan. Launched in 2008.

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 It is the third largest airline in the world.

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“Budgetary control is a system of controlling costs which includes the preparation of budgets, coordinating the departments and establishing responsibilities, comparing actual performance with the budgeted and acting upon results to achieve maximum profitability.” 

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The government on November 3, 2020 signed a $2 million grant agreement with the Asian Development Bank to strengthen efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

The grant financed from the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund will help provide life-saving medical supplies, diagnostic and laboratory facilities and other critical equipment for communities affected by the pandemic.

Economic Affairs Division Secretary Noor Ahmed and ADB Country Director for Pakistan Xiaohong Yang signed the agreement.

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