LAHORE MIRROR (APP) – Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday launched the Prime Minister’s Health Program for Journalists, Media workers, Artists & Technical resources; and Pakistan Code, a digital repository of federal laws mobile app and website.
Under the health insurance card program, journalists, media workers, artists and technical resources will be able to get world-class health facilities free of charge in 1200 hospitals across the country with annual corporate health insurance worth Rs 1.5 million.
Likewise, with the Pakistan Code website and mobile app, judges, lawyers, legal experts, law students, government officials, and general public will be easily able to access all types of federal laws.
The prime minister on the occasion distributed health cards among prominent journalists including Afzal Butt, Nawaz Raza, and others.
Addressing the ceremony, PM Shehbaz said for the first time in the history of the country, the government had launched such a facility for the journalists and media workers who work in difficult situations.
He congratulated Minister for Information Maryam Aurangzeb and her team for their work to finalize this program.
He also felicitated Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazir Tarrar for his efforts in launching the mobile app and website.
Shehbaz Sharif also announced to establishment of a special fund for journalists and media workers under which Rs 4 million compensation amount would be paid to the families of the journalists and media workers who died in line with their duties. He said this amount would be increased gradually.
