Peshawar SKMCH to open in Dec: Imran

Published July 13, 2015
A hospital official told Dawn that some Rs95 million had been collected at the fundraiser dinner. ─ AFP/File
A hospital official told Dawn that some Rs95 million had been collected at the fundraiser dinner. ─ AFP/File

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) in Peshawar will be opened in December this year.

He said the hospitals in Lahore and Peshawar were a tribute to the generosity of Pakistanis. Speaking at the second Iftar dinner at SKMCH in Lahore on Sunday, Imran, who was accompanied by his wife Reham Khan, said Pakistanis had established the hospital in Lahore and ran it successfully, adding so shall be the case in Peshawar.

A hospital official told Dawn that some Rs95 million had been collected at the fundraiser dinner. He also said at a dinner on the first of Ramazan, the hospital had collected Rs75 million. The fundraising was attended by a large number of philanthropists, who expressed confidence in its transparent utilisation.

Published in Dawn, July 13th, 2015

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