*ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered ban on overseas medicaltreatment of ministers and other top officials.*
Federal ministers, state ministers, cabinet members and all advisers andassistants can no longer go abroad for medical treatment on thegovernment’s expense, ordered PM Khan during the Federal Cabinet meetingtoday. ‘The ban has come into place with immediate effect.’
The Cabinet Division has also issued a notification in this regard. Thenotification says the order also applies on federal secretaries anddivisional in-charge(s) of different ministries.
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