Aiming to reduce costs and streamline healthcare services, the Pakistani government has announced intentions to disband two agencies under the Health Ministry.
Staffing would be drastically reduced as a result of the merger of the Islamabad Blood Transfusion Authority and the Human Organ Transplant Authority with the Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority.
This decision follows the prior declaration regarding the dissolution of the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON), which will be incorporated into the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan.
SAFRON’s administrative duties will be terminated, and Jammu & Kashmir State Properties would be governed by a special committee going forward.
The welfare of Azad Kashmir will receive a portion of any proceeds from the sale of state-owned properties.
