Introduction of health card, Kissan card turning point in country’s history: PM Imran

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the introduction of health insurance cards and Punjab Kissan (farmer) Card scheme was a “turning point” in Pakistan’s history that would be written about in the future .Addressing a farmers’ convention in Bahawalpur to launch the Punjab Kissan Card scheme, the premier praised Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and said “The health card and Kissan card are the biggest things you have accomplished and this will be the turning point in our history when it is written. That this was the time when@ this country changed its direction for the purpose for which it was made. ”Such a reorientation in purpose, the prime minister claimed, would be the path to the “country’s greatness”.

The premier said that every Khyber Pakhtunkhwa household now held the health card and every household of Punjab would as well by the end of the year. He reiterated that the kind of universal healthcare insurance in KP was present in very few countries. Similarly, he termed the Kissan cards a “revolution”. The premier explained that till now, it was difficult to directly provide money to farmers with many obstacles in between. “Now we have used technology and for the first time, a card will be made on which the farmer can avail any subsidy that we give them,” he said, adding that farmers would be able to directly access funds through the card.The premier said he was very “happy” that the Punjab government had taken the initiative and soon the KP government would follow in its footsteps. Source: dawn.com