ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said measures should be ensured for the early construction of Jinnah Medical Complex in the federal capital.

Presiding over a review meeting, the prime minister said Jinnah Medical Complex should be made a modern tertiary level hospital of not only Pakistan but the region, says an official press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

Internationally-recognised American experts were working on the project while Aga Khan Foundation was providing technical assistance. The prime minister thanked the Aga Khan Foundation for its cooperation in the construction of Jinnah Medical Complex.

The meeting was told about the master plan of the hospital and informed of the progress of its construction. The meeting was also apprised about the construction cost and timeline of the project.

It was informed that Jinnah Medical Complex would be made into a trust, which would look after the administrative affairs of the hospital. The prime minister would be patron-in-chief of the trust.

The prime minister instructed that the hospital project should be executed transparently and should be completed in the shortest possible time.

“We established international standard Punjab Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI),” the prime minister remarked. He said that a nefarious conspiracy was hatched to destroy PKLI by playing politics on it.

Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Jehanzeb Khan, Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Health Mukhtar Ahmed Bharath and other high-level officials attended the meeting.

Published in Dawn, August 3rd, 2024