Lets not compare apples with oranges
in rich economies, as you have mentioned there are certain programs, we have seen in the recent financial crisis that the govt have helped its people and govt is going to collect that money back (in form of taxes) once things get stable.
In Pakistan story is different, limited economic activities and that is also limited to certain cities only has given no chance or very little chance for the people to survive… hence the schemes like Benazir Income Program etc will not help to curb the poverty of these people, as there is no morning to the night of poverty without proper infrastructure and economic activities.
Most importantly, the strong economies generate enough money from their own resources to help the poor in their country, whereas, Pakistan has to seek aid / donation/loan to continue with its day-to-day operations… in later kind of economy it is wise to spend more on development so that the loans and its interest can be paid anytime in future, giving the money to poor and that is Rs 1000 shall not eliminate poverty nor does it will support them big time..
Subsidies on food item is different ball game, it has different set of rules and it has different targets as well, so lets not compare it with BIP
As of now, the economy of Pakistan is depended on few cities, as a result we are seeing migration from rural to cities, this has created social and other problems in the big cities… this need to be changed, if we select let say ten city cum towns of Pakistan in all the provinces, and spend 40% of the money in developing the infrastructure and with remaining develop/support cottage-industry and encourage SMEs in these towns then it will benefit Pakistan in many ways, first of all, the development will not be limited to certain area, 2ndly the development activities are often followed by education and awareness 3rdly the feeling of being neglected or ignored will not be there… and most importantly people will know how to develop themselves, Example of Sialkot is in front of us, had we be giving Rs 1000 to the Sialkoties then the region might have been turned into beggars colony, but industry was supported by the govt., incentives were given and today Sialkot has built its own air-port…
This is the benefit we should be looking at… this is how we can develop we cannot develop by spending billion of rupees to in non-productive activities, we just cannot afford to do it, check the debt-servicing we had to do and check the rate it is increasing at??? from where we are going to pay it??? we have to raise money from within, and for that we need to develop more, we need to look into under-developed areas, explore the potential in those areas… and trust me, if we start doing it, no body in Pakistan would be needing Rs 1000 ( other than politicians)