Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday said that Sindh’s health sector has witnessed significant improvement following the 18th Constitutional Amendment, which enabled greater provincial autonomy and investment in public welfare sectors.
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Addressing the convocation ceremony of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Bilawal congratulated graduating students and urged them to dedicate their professional lives to serving the nation. He stressed that education plays a vital role in societal development and described Larkana as not merely a city, but a symbol of resistance against injustice.
Bilawal emphasized that medical professionals must serve humanity without discrimination, noting that doctors and nurses have always acted as frontline warriors during epidemics and health emergencies. He said healthcare reform has remained a top priority for the PPP government, adding that substantial investments were made in the sector after the 18th Amendment.
“We are not competing with other provinces in healthcare, but with the world,” Bilawal said, highlighting that free cardiac treatment is being provided in Sindh. He added that modern healthcare facilities have been expanded across Karachi, Nawabshah, Jamshoro, Sukkur and Larkana.
The PPP chairman said that under a public-private partnership with the ChildLife Foundation, pediatric emergency rooms have been established in all districts of Sindh. He claimed that major hospitals across Pakistan could not match the standards of Gambat Hospital.
Bilawal further stated that healthcare services would be extended to remaining underserved districts and that the government wants all institutions to perform effectively. He also highlighted progress in higher education, noting that Sindh had only one university before the creation of Pakistan, 16 universities between 1947 and 2008, and now has 30 universities.
He said efforts are underway to establish a university in every district of Sindh to ensure access to education in underdeveloped areas.
Earlier, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, while addressing the ceremony, said Shaheed Benazir Bhutto had taken historic steps to empower women and promote education. He said reforms in the health sector are ongoing and emphasized that no society can progress without education.
Murad Ali Shah said Benazir Bhutto envisioned the medical university in 1989, and her dream was realized in 2009. “Youth are the future of Pakistan. Development rooted in education and research is the only path to sustainable progress,” he added.
