Addressing the distribution ceremony of New Pakistan National Health Card at Governor House Lahore, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that health insurance for every family of Punjab at a cost of Rs 400 billion is the biggest step towards welfare state in the history of the country. Until then, every family in Punjab will have a health card which will enable them to get treatment up to Rs 10 lakh per annum.
Health cards have been issued to every family in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while Balochistan Azad Kashmir will also provide health cards to every family in Gilgit-Baltistan.
The Prime Minister on this occasion inaugurated the distribution of National Health Card for Lahore Division and paid tributes to the Chief Minister of Punjab and his team for this revolutionary initiative.
The Prime Minister said that not everyone can make such a big decision. To date no government has made such a big decision. For the first time during his visit to UK he saw a welfare state. May the whole country prosper. When our Prophet created the welfare state of Madinah, he took responsibility for the weaker sections and for the first time brought such a model but sadly this model is not seen in the Muslim world and this European Seen in countries.
Allah Almighty showed us the way that whoever walks on the path of Rehmat-ul-Alamin Allah will be glorified by Allah Almighty. He said that I can say with full confidence that Pakistan has more resources than any other European country but unfortunately our People are thirsty to go to European countries because there is prosperity.
The only country in the history of the world that has been built in the name of Islam is Pakistan but we have not followed the path that leads to the welfare state. We should know that no Asian tiger can compete with the state of Madinah.
The present government is walking on the path which is the path of greatness of the nation. Now every family in Punjab will get health insurance fromŰ”
He said I want to tell the people that Allah Almighty has commanded in the Holy Qur’an to follow the path of mercy of the worlds and this path is the path of improvement for us and it makes man a great human being.
The Universal Health Insurance scheme will revolutionize the health sector which will create a health structure as earlier the government had to spend funds to build hospitals like the amount spent on construction of new hospitals in Punjab at present. The private sector will build the hospital itself after the said project. The government will provide it with incentives including provision of duty free imported land for medical equipment.
The Prime Minister further said that for the first time in history, the government has arranged loans from banks for the low income group for which loans of Rs. 110 billion have been sanctioned while Rs. 34 billion has been disbursed to the people. Loans are being provided to one lakh families to build houses through brotherhood while interest free loans of 5 lakh are being provided for business in cities and villages. The purpose of all these measures is to follow the path shown by the state of Madinah.
It is gratifying that Punjab has boldly launched a health insurance scheme and we are fully prepared to address the issues that stand in the way of this scheme and by March all Punjab households will get a health card.
Governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Bazdar Federal and Provincial Ministers and members of National and Provincial Assemblies were also present on the occasion.
At the ceremony Imran Khan distributed national health cards among people belonging to different sectors.
So far in Punjab New Pakistan National Health Cards have been issued in Dera Ghazi Khan and Sahiwal divisions, while in Lahore division on January 1, 2022, in Rawalpindi division on January 20, in Faisalabad division on February 9, in Multan division on February 22 and in other divisions till March 31, 2022. Health insurance will be provided.
