15 million Pakistani families to get health card, contract signed

The Health Ministry and State life has signed a land mark contract for provision of Sehat Insaf Card to 15 Million FamiliesContract was signed for Implementation of Sehat Sahulat Program (SSP) in all districts of Pakistan in line with vision of Prime Minister’s Universal Health Coverage.The contract was signed by Captain (R) Zahid Saeed, Federal Secretary National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (NHSRC) and Chairman State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan.Ministry of National Health Service, Regulations and Coordination, in collaboration with participating provinces and regions, has completed its procurement to expand its health initiative of “Sehat Sahulat Program” in Pakistan. Through this initiative poor families will be provided with free of cost health insurance to secure indoor health care services worth Rs: 720,000/- from empanelled hospitals. The program will provide “Sehat Insaf Card” to 15 million families in the province of Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh, AJK, GB and old districts of FATA through a very transparent and computerized mechanism. The services which are available from Sehat Insaf Card includes open heart surgeries, insertion of stunts, management of cancer, neurosurgical procures, burn management, accident management, dialysis, intensive care management, deliveries, C section and other medical / surgical procedures. The program will also provide Rs: 1,000 transportation cost to its beneficiaries on their discharge from hospital. This is the one of the leading initiative of the political government in Pakistan through which support and assistance is provided to poor families across the country. On this occasion Federal Minister, National Health Services briefed that this scheme will bring drastic improvement in treatment and access to quality treatment by poorest and under privileged marginalized population of Pakistan. It is estimated that as many as 15 million families living in Pakistan below the poverty line will benefit from this scheme. 

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Deployment thoughts

Hi friends! Thank you SO, so much for your incredible comments and DMs this week. They made my heart so warm and I hope you know how thankful we are for your support, love, and sharing in our joy. I’ve shared some pretty huge life moments here on the blog, and it means the world to me that you’re here. You feel like a part of our family and I’m filled with gratitude to you all.

This post is just a collection of random thoughts I put together during the past 7 months. It was SO HARD to not write about the deployment since it was a huge part of our life, but thank you for understanding why I chose to keep it off the blog while it was happening. Here’s a little peek into brain while all of this was going down:

– I told him that I was feeling lonely and just missing having him around. A couple of weeks later, a box arrived with a shirt in it that he slept in for a few days. When I brought it up to my face and deeply inhaled his scent, my eyes welled with tears. I “saved” the shirt until I had a really rough day and needed it, and man, I needed it. It felt like the biggest hug.

– Our yard guy is harmless, but so.freaking.nosy. “When’s your husband coming home? Where is he?”  “He’s at work.”   “Yeah, but he’s like not in town, right?”    “No.”   “Wait, but when does he come back? Where is he?”     YOU’RE KILLIN’ ME, SMALLS.

– One of the hardest and weirdest parts about deployment is that you eventually become ok with being alone. It’s great and terribly sad at the same time. The thought of him being here literally feels like a dream come true. Like wait, there’s a person out there who wants to hang out with me every day? And we have a lot of fun together? And he loves our babies, and bathes them, and puts them to sleep at night? Sign me up.

– Dragging the trash can and recycling bin to the curb and back every week is the worst thing ever. We usually don’t have assigned tasks around the house or anything like that (we just do what needs to be done) but the trash? His job.

– When Tom comes home, I’m going to look like a weathered bag. I’m going to emerge like I’m coming out of the Civil War.

– It’s December now, which means he’s been gone almost 6 months. And I actually have a kinda-date for when he’s supposed to be home. It feels like I finally know that there’s a finish line to all of this, which was unimaginable in the early months. I’m starting to feel really excited.

– When I think about how much the girls have changed and grown since he left, it makes me cry a little. They’re so much bigger, funnier, wiser, and look like big kids instead of babies. I’m literally the exact same that I was when he left… but more tired looking, so there ya go.

– The Pilot hasn’t had a hug from someone who loves him in over 6 months, which breaks my heart. I feel so lucky that I’ve been able to have the girls hugs and sweetness around me because it’s really helped to get me through this. During the deployment, I haven’t felt sad or sorry for myself. I feel sad for him, and I think he knows that we’re going to make up for lost hug time when he gets here.

– When he’s gone, we eat breakfast for dinner a lot. Also a lot more restaurant meals and microwave mac n’ cheese. I’m strangely looking forward to cooking more consistently when he comes back. (At the same time, it’s SO EASY to just make pancakes, turkey bacon, and fruit for dinner… and the girls actually eat it.)

– I think I’ve written about this in the past, but when he’s gone, one of the hardest things for me is seeing other couples out and about, bickering. I was in Target and overhead another couple arguing about school pickup. I thought to myself, “Don’t you know how lucky you are to live in the same place? To see each other every day? To sleep in the same bed every night?” I would literally do anything to see Tom again in that moment and it just made me feel sad to know others take it for granted.

– We went to Winterhaven to look at the Christmas lights and as usual, we stopped by the Wishing Tree. You can write a wish on a piece of paper and add it to the paper links that surround the tree. You can read Livi’s wish if you want to cry.

-The Pilot shaved his creeper mustache as my Christmas present. #blessed

– We’re starting to get ready for his homecoming and it’s so WEIRD and EXCITING to think that it’s actually almost here. My only concern has been how to cram deployment homecoming signs into my suitcase, but I think we’ll just get the supplies in Valdosta and make them in our hotel room. My other concern is how to make room for his clothes in our closet because I kind of took over the whole thing.

– I was feeling pretty confident about this whole solo parenting thing, even after everything that’s been going on and how crazy busy we’ve been over the holiday season. I couldn’t help but briefly think to myself, “You took care of the kids, and house, and ran a business, and did your thing. I’m proud of you.” Then, P got the flu. It was one of the worst weeks we’ve had in a long time, and I felt so awful for her. It was really challenging taking care of poor P and trying to entertain Liv and protect her from getting sick. I didn’t sleep for 6 nights straight because I just sat up in bed, totally overcome with worry. I felt like I hit a major wall. We only had 2 weeks left of the deployment and I had no clue how I was going to get it together to celebrate Liv’s birthday, throw her a party, and get us all ready to travel across the country. I’m SO THANKFUL we were here in Tucson because madre was able to help during the week of sickness. She took Liv for a couple of nights so she could get out of the house, and took her to Chuck E Cheese after her birthday dinner (P was ready to go home) so she could have some extra fun. She’s a real-life angel. I’ve learned with parenting that you can never feel confident or the least bit smug about anything. Every time I feel like I have my life together, something horrible happens. So I just keep my head down and keep trucking along, embracing the good times and hoping the tough times are over quickly.

– I’ve never looked forward to the show This Is Us so much. During the summer, I was like, “Just make it until This Is Us is back” and then on winter break, I was like, “When This Is Us is back again, you’ll only have a week left!” It helps a lot that this season has been really, really good. I’ve set the strangest little milestones this entire time, which always gave me something to look forward to. For example, I knew the exact day that Crazy Rich Asians would be available to rent on Amazon. It’s the little things. I’ll share some deployment tips in an upcoming posts, but having small milestones along the way makes a huge difference.

– We’re getting ready to pick him up this week… and I feel like the honeymoon and happiness feeling has already started.

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Complainant of Sahiwal case refuses to appear before JIT

LAHORE: A family of Sahiwal incident victims on Wednesday refused to appear before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that was scheduled to  hold identification parade of suspects as part of its probe into the killing of four people.Citing sources, Geo News reported that JIT members along with local magistrate arrived at the local jail where they waited for Jalil, brother of  Khalil , and other witnesses but they didn't show up.The TV channel reported that Jalil while talking by telephone said "We will not appear before the JIT".Jalil said he had presented his demands and recommendations which also include formation of judicial commission before the Senate's Standing Committee .He said the committee has also called for setting up a judicial commission." We will appear once the commission is formed," he was quoted by the TV channel as saying.On the other hand, the civil judge has fixed Thursday for identification parade of suspects involved in shooting of the four people.The four people were shot dead by personnel of Punjab's Counter Terrorism Department. 

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18 as minimum marriage age: Senate Committee approves bill

ISLAMABAD: Senate's Standing Committee on Human Rights  on Wednesday approved a bill that sets the minimum legal age of marriage at 18.Presided over by Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokar of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), the committee also set the adulthood age at 18.During the meeting, Senator Usman Kakar said underage  marriage was the major cause of increasing ratio of deaths. He said the requirement for ID card is set at 18 and same should be fixed for marriage for both male and female.Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari said government has no objection if minimum age limit is set for marriage. The draft bill would be presented for debate in the parliament next month before being sent to the cabinet for approval.The minister said  said no legislation would be carried out against Shria lawes. She said rights of male and female invidical will have to be protected 

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FM Qureshi to meet Omani leadership to discuss bilateral matters

MUSCAT: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is currently visiting Oman to hold talks with his Omani counterpart  to discuss matters of bilateral interest.The foreign minister will also attend Pak-Oman Joint Ministerial Commission meeting as part of his official trip. Foreign ministers of both countries, as well as representatives of various departments will also be present at the meeting. Issues of mutual interest underlying bilateral ties as well as regional and international issues will be discussed during the talk. FM Qureshi upon his arrival in Muscat earlier, was received at the airport by his Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi and senior officials of the Omani Foreign Ministry.

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Abducted Quetta doctor reaches home

QUETTA: Ibrahim Khalil, a neurosurgeon who went missing from the provincial capital last month, has reached home, Geo News reported on Wednesday.Doctors Action Committee has confirmed that the doctor  has reached home. According to the TV channel , Khalil who kidnapped on December 13 has been by unknown men in Chaman .The doctor hailed a taxi to reach  home after being released on Maal Road in Chaman.Quoting the Taxi driver, the TV channel reported that the doctor wearing blood stained clothes  seemed  injured.Doctors organizations in Quetta were boycotting OPDs to protest the kidnapping of Ibrahim Khalil.

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PTI to run dams' fundraising campaign in South Africa

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan-e-Tehreek (PTI) will launch a campaign in South Africa to raise funds for the construction of Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand dams.A bat and ball signed by Prime Minister Imran Khan will be auctioned at the dam fundraising campaign, PTI Senator Faisal Javed said.Pakistan cricket team, currently in South Africa for the ODI series and the forthcoming TT20 series, will also be gracing the fundraising event. Captain Shoaib Malik, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, Imam-ul-Haq, Muhammad Hafeez and Usman Shinwari along with various other players have been invited to the event. Senator Javed said, “The passion of overseas Pakistanis to raise funds for the construction of dams is commendable." He added, “I urge Pakistanis living in South Africa to actively participate in the dam fund campaign." The PTI leader further said that “the time isn’t far when the water crisis in Pakistan will be curbed”.

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