ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Friday inaugurated construction work on Golra Morr underpass remodelling and improvement project on main GT Road.
General Secretary Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Aamir Mehmood Kiani also attended the inauguration ceremony at the site.
Addressing on the occasion, Asad Umar said from January next year, every citizen of Islamabad would get the Sehat Insaaf Card under which they could avail medical treatments worth upto Rs1 million in one year. 
He said inflation was not an issue of Pakistan alone but it was a problem of all over the world. 
However, he said in order to minimise the pressure of inflation of the poor segment of the society, the government had introduced Ration Card under which the people would be able to get necessary daily use items on subsidized rates. 
He informed that the Ration Card would become functional in 15 days. 
With respect to opposition activities, the minister added that the opposition had put Maulana Fazl ur Rehman on driving seat but moved away leaving him alone. 
Asad Umar said opposition was announcing dates of long marches again and again but could not succeed. 
Meanwhile, Amir Kiani, addressing the ceremony said that due to Asad Umar’s personal efforts, Islamabad was becoming a signal-free area as a number of road projects on different points of the city were under-construction. 
He said with the completion of this project, the traffic pressure would ease considerably. 
He said 700,000 retailer stores would be registered under the Ration Card project for which the government had allocated Rs120 billion.
He said the people would be able to get daily use essential items from the registered stores at 30 per cent less rates.