ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday cleared a Rs40.188 billion Sehat Sahulat Programme to provide universal health coverage in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) for two years ending June 30, 2027.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to formally launch the project within the next couple of days.

This was one of the five health sector projects worth Rs79.35bn cleared by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) at a meeting presided over by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal.

The Sehat Sahulat Programme was originally launched on Feb 7, 2018, and gradually expanded across the country and extended from the initial three years to seven years, ending June 2025 and was devolved to........

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