15m people to get Sehat Insaf Cards in next two years: Firdous

Author: Agencies

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said that Sehat Insaf Card and Ehsaas programme were the government’s practical steps to help the deprived, poor and needy, and bring them onto the path of economic and social prosperity, and added that these cards would be distributed among 15 million people in the next two years. In a series of tweet, she said Prime Minister Imran Khan was a companion of the common man. Improving their living standard is his aim, the special assistant said. She said a total of 10.5 million families would benefit from Sehat Insaf Card programme. She added that the needy would be provided free medical treatment in government hospitals up to Rs 720,000 under one Sehat Insaf Card.

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