FAISALABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that it was a difficult decision to invest as many as Rs400 billion in the national health insurance programme.<\/p>\n
Speaking in a ceremony held to kick-off the Insaf Sehat Health Card programme in Faisalabad, the premier said that in the past medical treatment of chronic illness was only reserved for rich people and the state did not take responsibility for it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government hospitals left by the British deteriorated gradually while the super-rich who got the governments got their medical treatments in Dubai and London,\u201d the premier took a jibe at the leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party.<\/p>\n
PM Imran said that the state of hospitals in Sindh is abysmal. \u201cBilawal says that he would invest in hospitals rather than free treatment of the poor. Who stopped him from doing so in the last 13 years,\u201d he said. \u201cZardari has come out with his checkbook to buy politicians. The looters who used to abuse one another have joined hands.\u201d<\/p>\n
The premier said that Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s personal accountant received Rs400 billion in his account. \u201cIt was black money transferred in someone else\u2019s name. The country will progress when the state stands with a common man,\u201d he said. After the health card, we now have to ensure that no powerful usurp the right of the poor, he said, adding that his government will ensure the provision of rights to women.<\/p>\n
\u201cShehbaz speaks in the National Assembly to put his CV before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
PM Imran said that his nominated Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has outdone Shehbaz Sharif in terms of developmental work. \u201cShehbaz\u2019s developmental work was propagated through advertisements,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The premier said that the establishment of rule of law is Pakistan\u2019s real challenge.<\/p>\n