Posted Mar 13, 2019 50 views
Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Consultant with the following responsibilities:
To advise BISP management on all legal and legislative matters.
To draft, scrutiny and examination of Bills, Ordinances and all legal and other instruments including drafting / vetting of plaints, ICAs, CPLAs, Review Petitions, Para-wise Comments, Written Statements, Reports etc., for the Supreme Court of Pakistan / Islamabad High Court / Provincial High Courts and other Courts / F.S.T and Wafaqi Mohtasib and all other judicial and quasi-judicial forums.
Assist BISP management on all forums in legal matters whenever required.
Vetting of already drafted documents i.e. TORs, Agreements, Contracts, Regulations, Joint ventures, Deeds or any other documents which may create any contractual obligation (Legal opinion on Laws, Rules, Regulations, By-Laws, Notifications, Circular, Guidelines)
Interpret laws and policies if and when required.
Be willing to travel throughout Pakistan for representation, if nature of the cases so warrant
Any other work assigned by Secretary, BISP.
The consultant will remain engaged for one year (extendable on satisfactory performance) with three (03) month probation period which if not terminated will be construed continued for one year.
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Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP)
Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) was launched in July 2008 with an immediate objective of consumption smoothening and cushioning the negative effects of slow economic growth, the food crisis and inflation on the poor, particularly women, through the provision of cash transfers of Rs. 1,000/month to eligible families. Its long term objectives include supporting the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to eradicate extreme and chronic poverty, to empower of women and to achieve universal primary education. The monthly installment was enhanced to Rs. 1200/- per month w.e.f 1st July, 2013 by the present government and has now been fixed at Rs. 1500/-per month w.e.f 1st July, 2014./ppSince its inception in 2008, BISP has grown rapidly; it is now the largest single social safety net program in Pakistan’s history. The number of beneficiaries has increased from 1.7 million households in FY 2008-9 to approximately 4.7 million as of 31st Dec, 2014 and BISP annual disbursements have risen from Rs. 16 billion in FY 2008-9 to Rs 65 billion in FY 2013-14. This FY, disbursements to beneficiaries is expected to reach Rs. 90 billion./ppThis period of growth and consolidation in BISP is characterized by two major transitions. In initial phase of BISP (2008-09 to 2010-11), beneficiaries were identified by parliamentarians while in 2010-11 a major transition occurred and poor households have been identified through a poverty scorecard survey based on household demographics, assets, and other measurable characteristics. The Nationwide Poverty Scorecard Survey, the first of its kind in South Asia, enables BISP to identify eligible households through the application of a Proxy Means Test (PMT) that determines welfare status of the household on a scale between 0-100. The survey was started in October 2010 and has been completed across Pakistan except in two agencies of FATA. The survey has the following features:/pulli a. Creation of a large and reliable national registry of the socio-economic status of almost 27 million households across Pakistan b. 7.7 million families are identified living below cut-off score of 16.17 c. GPS coordinates of all the household visited are available to map the data of the entire country Benazir Smart Card and Mobile Phone Banking on test basis in nine districts across the country. After testing the pilots, BISP has rolled out Benazir Debit Card across Pakistan. Now, around 94% of the beneficiary household are receiving payments through technology enabled innovative payment mechanisms.
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