Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday launched online registration process for the artists’ health insurance scheme by uploading its form on the dedicated website.
“Registration for artists has been started from today under Prime Minister’s Health Insurance Programme which will enable them to get comprehensive and quality health facilities from private hospitals without any cost,” the minister said while addressing a news conference here.
She said artists could easily fill the form on WWW.DEMP.GOV.PK by providing all the relevant details for a 360-health facility.
Marriyum said health insurance scheme had already been launched for the working journalists and media workers under a transparent system. Funds for both the schemes were allocated in the federal budget for financial year 2023-24.
She said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would formally launch the schemes after Muharram (10th) by issuing the health insurance cards for journalists and artists.
The minister said the government had made history by launching health insurance scheme for journalists and artists.
She said the government took the initiative to protect the artists who had been promoting culture and heritage of the country. “Culture and heritage of the country are our assets and so they are,” she added.
Marriyum extended gratitude to all those who guided the government to work out a comprehensive health initiative for artists and journalists.
She urged the artists, journalists and media workers to get registered online to avail the health insurance scheme.
