Pakistan, June 18 -- Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari has issued a sharp rebuttal to Barrister Saif's recent remarks, stating that the Punjab government's allocation for health and education alone exceeds the total annual budget of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Azma Bokhari said that for the first time in Punjab's history, patients at government hospitals are receiving essential medicines free of cost-an unprecedented initiative made possible under the leadership of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.

She emphasized that modern public healthcare initiatives such as Field Hospitals, Clinics on Wheels, and Maryam Nawaz Health Clinics are running successfully and serving citizens across the province.

"The Punjab government has gone a step further ...