Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the Naya Pakistan Qaumi Sehat Card scheme in Islamabad on Wednesday, Radio Pakistan has reported.

Under the scheme, all families of Islamabad, Punjab, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and Tharparkar will be provided free medical treatment at government and private hospitals.

The card will enable every family to avail healthcare facilities up to one million rupees in a year.

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PM while addressing the inauguration ceremony said that Pakistan is the only country in the world to introduce such a unique ambitious program for providing free health facility to its citizens.       

“Pakistan was built for a purpose — to become an exemplary Islamic welfare state. And health cards are a defining moment for us,” the premier added.

The PM said that when people own their country, only then the country achieves the ideal of national security but when people are deprived of their basic needs how would they think of the nation and national interest.      

People using the card will also be able to use it in private hospitals.