ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan formally started distribution of Naya Pakistan National Health Card for the entire Punjab in Lahore on Friday.
Addressing the ceremony on the occasion, the Prime Minister said the founding fathers of Pakistan demonstrated clearly in objective resolution that Pakistan would be an Islamic welfare state. He said Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wa Sallam Khatam-un-Nabiyeen laid the foundation of welfare state in Madina.
The Prime Minister said thirty million families of Punjab would be benefited through the project of distribution of health cards and the cost of the project is four hundred billion rupees. He congratulated the Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, Provincial Health Minister Dr Yasmeen Rashid and their team for the provision of Health insurance to the people of Punjab up to one million rupees annually.
Highlighting the benefits of health cards, the Prime Minister said health cards will meet the health emergency of the marginalized section of the society. He said it will also help to strengthen the health structure of the country. He said networks of hospitals will be established under this health card scheme and the private sector will be incentivized through this project.