KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday laid the foundation stone of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre after arriving here on a three-day visit.
Addressing the gathering after performing the groundbreaking ceremony, he said it was not an easy task to arrange Rs700 million for the cancer hospitals, adding that he never thought that this journey to establish the cancer hospitals would be so difficult.
Nine-year-old Waleed Ahmed from Jamshoro, a pediatric patient, laid down the foundation stone of the project, The Express Tribune reported.
The cricket legend-turned-politician expressed his gratitude to the people of Karachi for generously donating money for the hospital. The SKMC hospitals are treating 75 percent of the patients free of cost, he said.
Imran Khan, during the ongoing visit to Karachi, will also visit the house of late religious scholar Junaid Jamshed, who lost his life in the PK-661 crash earlier this month.
The PTI chief will also chair a party meeting on Friday besides holding meetings with lawyers, labourers and local elected councillors. Khan will depart for Islamabad on Saturday after holding a press conference.
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