Kashmir: Overseas Aid
(asked on 13th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, What proportion of Government aid for the Kashmir region is directed through the Government of Pakistan.
This question was answered on 20th December 2017
Pakistan administered Kashmir benefits from national programmes in Pakistan to promote economic growth and improve education and health services. For example, 1.86% of the Government of Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) beneficiaries are in Pakistan administered Kashmir (approximately 100,000 out of 5.2 million beneficiaries). DFID’s support to BISP focuses on system strengthening and cash transfers.