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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Friday said the PTI government’s flagship Sehat Card Plus scheme had ensured the provision of free healthcare facilities to the entire population of the province.
“Our government is giving serious consideration to the inclusion of overseas Pakistanis of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the Sehat Card Plus scheme,” the chief minister told a public meeting in Buner district during a daylong visit.
According to an official statement issued here, the chief minister inaugurated a number of development projects to be completed at a total cost of Rs4.567 billion.
The projects include the construction of 12km Malikpur Bypass Road, new building for the Government Degree College Gadizai, upgradation of the Jowar rural health centre, construction of a multipurpose gymnasium, Swarai-Dagar Bypass Road, academic block of Buner University, and upgradation of the Daggar district headquarters hospital.
Inaugurates uplift projects in Buner
He also inaugurated the Rs74 million new building of the Government Higher Secondary School Gadizai.
The chief minister announced Rs1 billion for gas supply, Rs300 million for electricity works and Rs300 million for the construction of various roads in the district.
He also announced the start of a project to connect Buner district with Swat Motorway, construction of Karakar Tunnel and establishment of a low-cost housing scheme for low- income people over an area of 400 kanals in the district.
Mr Mahmood told participants that workers of other political parties were joining the ruling PTI in droves proving that the people have full confidence in the government and its policies.
Bashing the opposition parties over ‘unjust’ movement against the government, he said some jobless political people of the Pakistan Democratic Movement gathered in his hometown last week but miserably failed to get the attention of the people.
He said the message of the PTI and its leader, Imran Khan, for change had reached the people and that there was no space for the political groups, who only deceived the people and looted resources for personal gains.
The chief minister said the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan had put the country on the path of rapid development, stabilised economy and increased growth rate to more than four per cent.
He said his government was working to introduce the Education Card along the lines of Sehat Card to ensure the provision of quality education to the children of the poor people.
“We are planning to introduce the Ration Card scheme for the deserving families,” he said adding that the government will also launch the Kissan Cards launched to provide seeds, pesticides and fertilisers to farmers at concessional rates.