PM to launch Journalists Health Insurance Card scheme on August 7: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD, (APP): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would formally launch Journalists Health Insurance Card Scheme on August 7.

She stated this after launching the registration process for Journalists Health Insurance Scheme by uploading its form on the website of the Press Information Department and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The minister said that the health insurance form was now available online for media workers and journalists and they would be able to register themselves through the online health insurance form.

The minister said that for the first time, the government had allocated Rs 1 billion for the health insurance of working journalists in the federal budget.

Marriyum Aurangzeb uploaded this online registration form along with journalists present there while Principal Information Officer Mubashar Hassan was also present on the occasion.

Talking to the media persons, she said that the Prime Minister had allocated funds worth Rs 1 billion for working journalists.

She said that health insurance for working journalists and artists was the vision of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.