Imran hits out at government for blocking health card

Pakistan

06 February,2023 05:45 pm

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Monday, while condemning the blocking of Sehat card (health insurance card) by the incumbent government, said it manifested fascist mindset of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Taking to Twitter, he wrote, “Health card was a blessing for inflation-stricken people, and it was helping establishment of private healthcare centres in rural areas”. “The project also garnered admiration by the popular international health magazine Lancet”, he added.

Sehat card programme had been launched by the PTI government and Rs400 billion were earmarked for the project in Punjab. However, the incumbent government, in a bid to comply with the pre-conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), had obligated four provinces to surrender Rs800 billion to the federal government as cash surplus this year to contain fiscal deficit and primary balance within budgeted targets.