The federal government has decided to honour the corona
healthcare workers with civil award over their services in coronavirus pandemic,
quoting health ministry sources ARY News reported on Wednesday.
The corona healthcare workers will be awarded one-time Civil
Award over their services, sources at the Ministry of National Health said.
According to sources, the health workers will be honoured
with civil awards on March 23 to recognize their services during the Covid-19
pandemic.
The healthcare workers from the provinces, Azad Kashmir and
Gilgit-Baltistan will be nominated for their services in the health sector,
sources said.
The federal government will invite nominations from
provinces and finalize names for civil awards, sources said.
The nominated health workers will be given civil awards
after final approval from the president, sources added.
It is to be mentioned here that hundreds of the workers of
healthcare sector including doctors, nurses and paramedics have lost their
lives in the line of duty after Covid-19 cases reported in Pakistan since
February 2020