Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Launches Mobile Veterinary Clinics for Livestock Farmers

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi launched a mobile veterinary clinic programme for livestock on Thursday 1 October 2026. It is called Ehsaas-e-Bezaban Sehat Gaari, roughly "compassion for the voiceless" health vehicle. A Livestock Department briefing at the launch, as reported, put it at Rs 2.6 billion, with 145 mobile clinics, 27 mobile laboratories and 202 vets and assistants.

The clinics are meant to reach farmers at tehsil level, so they do not have to carry a sick animal to a distant hospital. The government says they will give vaccination, tests, treatment and emergency care.

We could confirm the programme itself on official records. The KP Planning and Development Department approved two projects under this name on 24 August 2026. The launch figures, though, come only from the briefing as reported on 1 and 2 October. We did not find them on any KP government page by the morning of 3 October.

KP launched 145 mobile vet clinics on 1 October, as reported

The chief minister opened the Ehsaas-e-Bezaban Sehat Gaari programme in Peshawar on Thursday 1 October. As reported from the Livestock Department's briefing, it has 145 mobile veterinary clinics, 27 mobile lab units and 202 vets and assistants, at a cost of Rs 2.6 billion.

Afridi said no farmer should miss out on good animal care because of distance. He said the aim is prevention as well as treatment, so animals stay healthy and give more milk and meat.

The clinics offer vaccination, tests and treatment at tehsil level

The launch briefing, as reported, said the mobile clinics will give vaccination, diagnostic tests, treatment and emergency veterinary care at tehsil level. The approved project adds deworming, breeding services, disease surveillance and farmer training to that list.

The Planning and Development Department's own record of the 24 August meeting lists these livestock services:

1. Animal health check-ups and medicines through mobile veterinary clinics.
2. Preventive vaccination.
3. Disease surveillance, meaning tracking outbreaks before they spread.
4. Deworming.
5. Breeding services.
6. Veterinary extension work, and training and awareness for livestock farmers.

The programme also has mobile milk-testing labs, as reported. They are meant to check milk on the spot for adulteration and harmful contaminants. Government lab tests on packaged ghee, oil and milk have found failed samples before.

Every clinic will be linked to a central digital dashboard, the briefing said. The department's Livestock Management Information System, which we checked online, already lists modules for mobile veterinary clinics, their GPS tracking and field work, a farmer registry and public feedback. Only department staff can log in.

Treatment, medicines and vaccines are meant to be free

A senior veterinary officer told the state news agency in September that the scheme would give free treatment, medicines, tests and vaccination to animals. The 1 October briefing, as reported, did not mention any fee. No official fee schedule has been published.

That is a reported statement, not a notified rule. We would still expect to pay nothing for a vaccine or a check-up from these vans. If a staff member asks for money, ask for a receipt and note the van's number.

Punjab runs a similar service among its schemes for farmers. Farmers there can get free animal treatment in Punjab by calling a toll-free livestock helpline. KP has not announced an equivalent number for its vans.

Districts and a helpline have not been published yet

The government has not yet published a list of districts, a visit schedule or a helpline for the mobile clinics. The P&D Department confirms one project for settled districts and one for merged districts. A department officer said in September that every tehsil in the settled districts would get the service.

The plan has grown fast, and the numbers do not all match. Here is how the figures moved in official records and earlier reports:

The gap between 50 clinics in September and 145 in October is not explained in anything we could read. It may cover later phases or other schemes. We will update this when the department publishes its own figures.

Farmers can use the existing vet hospitals until the vans reach them

Until a visit schedule or helpline is published, farmers should keep using their nearest government veterinary hospital or dispensary. The mobile clinics are meant to work alongside those, the Director General Livestock said in July, as reported. Staff there should know when the van is due.

Here is what we would do now as a farmer in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:

• Ask at the tehsil veterinary hospital when the mobile clinic will visit your area.
• Keep a note of each animal's age, past vaccines and recent illness, so the vet can work fast.
• Bring sick animals to the van's stop early, since one van covers a whole tehsil.
• For an emergency, do not wait for the van. Go to the nearest hospital.

Common questions

What is Ehsaas-e-Bezaban Sehat Gaari?

It is the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government's mobile veterinary clinic programme. Vans with vets, medicines and lab equipment visit farmers at tehsil level to treat and vaccinate livestock.

When did the KP mobile veterinary clinics launch?

Chief Minister Sohail Afridi inaugurated the programme on Thursday 1 October 2026 in Peshawar, as reported. The projects were approved on 24 August 2026.

How many mobile vet clinics does KP have?

145, according to the Livestock Department briefing at the launch, as reported. In September, a department officer had described 50 clinics in the first phase.

Is treatment from the mobile clinics free?

It is meant to be. A senior veterinary officer said in September that treatment, medicines, tests and vaccination would be free. No official fee schedule has been published.

Is there a helpline for the KP mobile vet clinics?

None has been published yet. Ask at your nearest government veterinary hospital or dispensary for the visit schedule.

Which districts will get the mobile clinics?

Both settled and merged districts, under two separate projects. A full district list has not been published.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

Last checked 3 October 2026, about 4:30am PKT. We read the Planning and Development Department's record of the 5th PDWP meeting, held on 24 August 2026, which approved two Ehsaas-e-Bezaban Sehat Gaari Phase 1 projects for settled and merged districts and lists the livestock services. We checked the KP Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperative Department's Livestock Management Information System for its mobile clinic modules. We searched the KP government portal's news and the department's news for the 1 October launch and found nothing yet, and livestockkp.gov.pk did not respond. The Rs 2.6 billion cost, the 145 clinics, 27 labs and 202 staff, and the July and September figures come from reports of official briefings and statements, and are marked as reported.