Expat doctors asked to bring their expertise to Pakistan.

Byline: Ikram Junaidi

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Bukhari on Saturday invited overseas Pakistani doctors to bring ideas, technology and their expertise to the country.

While addressing the participants of 10th International Medical Conference, organised by Medics International at a local hotel, he assured them that the government would facilitate them with one window solution as medical tourism could boost the economy.

He said the government would help doctors in transporting medical equipment to the country to provide advance medical services to the people.

He said his ministry had signed a joint venture with Federal Ministry of Health amounting to Rs30 million to establish 'Yaran-i-Watan' an institute which would arrange patients treatment abroad.

Ministry of National Health Services Secretary Dr Allah Bakhsh Malik while talking to Dawn said: 'The Rs30 million seed money would be provided by the government while donations would be sent by the overseas Pakistani doctors. On a number of occasions patients cannot be treated in Pakistan, because of unavailability of facilities, so they are sent abroad. The institute would arrange their treatment abroad or it will ensure that overseas Pakistani doctors come to Pakistan and provide treatment such as surgeries, etc., to the patients

'The PTI government has achieved another milestone by shifting Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) from province to central government,' he said.

The federal government has enhanced the monthly...