-Coalition parties extend full support to PTI govt
-PM to inaugurate Sehat Card programme in Swat
By Asghar Ali Mubarak
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Thursday said mechanism has been evolved to address issues being faced by the people of the country.
PM Khan said this while speaking at a lunch hosted by him in honor of coalition partners in Islamabad.
When Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government came into power the country was on the verge of default, the PM maintained and added that due to untiring efforts of the economic team of the federal government the economic situation of the country has improved.
“First time in 17 years, the current account has gone into surplus.”
The allied parties vowed to continue to support the federal government and expressed their solidarity.
Sources said that Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) expressed their reservations of being neglected by the provincial government of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the federal govt-led development projects.
Both the parties reportedly complained to the PM about Sindh’s bureaucracy. MQM-P members showed grievances over slow progress on the Karachi Transformation Plan.
Meanwhile KP health minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra in a press conference unveiled the plan that Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the Sehat Card Plus programme for the entire population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Swat on Friday (today).
He said that after the inauguration of Sehat Card Plus programme by PM Imran Khan, it will be implemented for the entire population of the province by January 31 next year.
Jhagra said that the health insurance programme had been initially launched in six districts of Malakand division at the beginning of November this year.
The preparations are underway in Mingora – Swat ahead of the visit of Imran Khan where he will address a public gathering at Grassy Ground.
Moreover, he is likely to unveil a package for the entire Malakand Division during his visit to Swat.
The public gathering will also be addressed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Federal Minister for Communications Murad Saeed.
Earlier on Wednesday, it emerged that Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate Hassanabdal railway station on Friday (today).
The government took initiative to facilitate the masses and the Sikh pilgrims who reached there to visit their holy worship place Gurdwara Sri Panja Sahib.
