Politics of sit-ins, protest must come to end: Pak PM

Islamabad - Sharif launches National Health Programme in Balochistan

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the culture of sit-ins and protests should end to attract foreign investment in the country.
The premier asked his opponents to wait till 2018 (elections) for verdict of the people and "even beyond" because their turn will never come.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of National Health Programme in Quetta, Sharif said that investors shy away from countries with volatile political situation.
He said some people were creating political crisis in the name of exposing corruption, adding that the matter of Panama Papers would be resolved in judicial commission.
Sharif announced the distribution of 76,000 health cards as he inaugurated the National Health Programme.
"The programme has been launched to provide health facilities to people living below poverty line," PM Sharif said during an address at Governor House Balochistan.
Over "76,000 families in Balochistan will receive their national health cards today," the premier said, adding that through this programme, the poor can get treated for fatal diseases, without spending any money.
"We need to change the political culture in the country," he added.
He said, "We have to change the ongoing culture in which only the wealthy and powerful have privileges.
"Providing the nation with health facilities, education and employment is not a favour, it is each citizen's fundamental right."
The prime minister who arrived here earlier in the day unveiled the plaques of several projects, along with Balochistan Chief Minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri.
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