Pakistani-Americans donate supplies for KMC hospitals

Mayor Waseem Akhtar receives supplies from the president of the Houston-Karachi Sister City Association

KARACHI: The Pakistani community residing in the United States has donated medical supplies worth millions of rupees for Karachi Metropolitan Corporation-run hospitals during the Karachi Mayor's recent visit to Houston.

The container of supplies, received by Mayor Waseem Akhtar, from the president of the Houston-Karachi Sister City Association, Saeed Shaikh, was later dispatched for Karachi and would be distributed among the 14 KMC-run hospitals. Commissioner Iftikhar Shallwani was also present on the occasion.

The mayor, who was in Houston to attend the Sister Cities International Conference, was accorded a warm welcome. Cooperation in the sectors of science and technology between the two cities was discussed during the visit.

The mayor admitted that the KMC-run hospitals were in a terrible state and needed urgent supplies of medical equipment and machinery. The overseas Pakistani community could play a vital role in this connection, he said, while thanking Shaikh for providing valuable support for the medical facilities. 

Published in The Express Tribune, July 25^th, 2019.