The government will launch Journalists Health Insurance Card Scheme with Rs 1 billion funds that were allocated in the ongoing financial year budget.
The Federal Government’s Spokesperson announced this during a media talk after launch of its registration process.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would formally launch Journalists Health Insurance Card Scheme on August 7.
She said the registration form has been uploaded on the website of the Press Information Department and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which 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.
The minister congratulated Secretary Information and Broadcasting Sohail Ali Khan, PIO Mubasher Hassan and the entire team of the Ministry of Information for launching the scheme.
She said that health insurance for working journalists and artists was the vision of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The minister said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had launched the health card scheme in 2013 which continued in the PTI era after the change of its name.
The health insurance form was simple and easy to fill and all details related to health issues were available in the form, the minister said.
She said that all health facilities were being provided to journalists in the health insurance card scheme.
