PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated 70 million rupees to launch free ambulance service for overseas Pakistanis.
According to documents, the KP government would purchase 6 ambulances would be bought from this allocated funds.
Additional funds of Rs 1.5 million would be allocated for monthly petrol and other expenses.
The service would be utilised to transfer the dead bodies of Pakistanis who died abroad to their native areas, free of cost.
The free ambulance service would be operated in airports of Peshawar and Islamabad.
This initiative aimed to alleviate the financial and logistical burdens faced by bereaved families during difficult times.
The government gave the task of free ambulance service to the Department of Settlement.
According to documents, the Department of Relief would coordinate with the with the Civil Aviation Authority to mange the service.
As per the documents, the decision was made to solve the challenges related to the repatriation of dead bodies of Pakistanis in the wake of a large number of KP populace living abroad.
