PM Imran vows to transform Pakistan into welfare state

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said ensuring rule of law and making Pakistan a socio-welfare State was his foremost priority to achieve the goals of prosperity and development.

Addressing a gathering at Sehat Insaf Card launching ceremony in Swat, he said, “The country will prosper only when all of its citizens treated equally before law and given across-the-board basic facilities of life.”

Under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government initiative, every household in the province will get free medical treatment up to Rs1 million.

He said that the provision of facilities to public was, however, linked with strength of national exchequer previously plundered by the governments.

He regretted that all such ‘dacoit of the country’ had gathered at a platform to put pressure on him to acquit them from their crimes. “They know that Imran Khan is never going to give them an NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance), so they have started a dirty game of ridiculing the State institutions just to save their looted money.”

The Prime Minister said it was a decisive moment for the country to take to task its leaders who plundered billions of nation’s money, but insisted to be treated above law.

Prime Minister Imran Khan said the health card scheme was important in facilitating the common man to have easy access to public and private hospitals for free treatment.

He said the government was also working on providing affordable housing for people.

He said legal limitations that resulted in delay in implementing the low-cost housing scheme had now resolved and expressed confidence that the project would materialise soon.

He said a prime minister was like a father figure who could guide his nation towards the path of righteousness.

He said following the path of teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him), who was the greatest of person and a leader, could bring goodness in the life and hereafter.

He said Swat would undergo massive development due to the opening of motorway and the prospects of tourism destination.

He lauded the Chief Minister KP for making Gabeen Jabba in Swat a new tourism destination and added that tourism would prove an important sector to attract foreign investment at a fast pace.