Free health facility for 80m people.

I S L A M A B A D -- Launching the Sehat Insaf Card Scheme for needy and poor segments of the society, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday the prime objective of the government was to ensure provision of health, education and justice to the masses. Under the health card scheme, around 80 million people or 10 million families would benefit in terms of angioplasty, critical surgery and cancer treatment. Around 15 million people will benefit from the scheme by 2021.

The prime minister contended that the government was taking initiatives to ensure provision of education, health and justice and issuance of the Sehat Insaf Card to the poor was a step in that direction. He said the prime objective of the current government was to uplift the common man and alleviate poverty in the country while assuring that the government would do its best to provide the maximum facilities to people. Imran Khan said a comprehensive poverty alleviation programme would soon be launched, wherein all the relevant organisations, including the Benazir Income Support Programme and Baitul Mal, would be working under one umbrella.

Under the Sehat Insaf Card Scheme, free healthcare worth Rs720, 000 would be provided annually to each deserving family, he said and pointed out, 'We first introduced the health cards in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and it produced very good results. If any family member is suffering from a disease, the entire...