LHC moved against closure of Sehat Card programme.

A petition has been filed in Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday against the closure of the Sehat Sahulat programme in Punjab.

The petition, filed by a citizen, has made the Punjab government and secretary health Punjab respondents in the case.

The petitioner maintained that the Punjab government had been offering free treatment to patients under Sehat Card scheme but the facility was withdrawn since the interim govt took charge of administrative affiars in the province.

He pleaded with the court to restore Sehat Card scheme in Punjab and order an investigation against those involved in the closure of health scheme.

Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb had termed reports regarding closure of Ehsaas program, panagahs [shelter homes] and Sehat Card program as baseless.

While rejecting the reports, Marriyum Aurangzeb had said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has clearly stated that public welfare projects of the previous government will...