Orphanages, shelter homes to be linked with LIHS

CM directed to finalise the agreement without delay


APP March 15, 2023
Children play at the orphanage after school in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 12, 2021. Orphanages like this play an outsize role in Afghanistan, where tens of thousands of civilians have been killed in wars that have ravaged the country for more than 40 years. PHOTO: REUTERS

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LAHORE:

Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi chaired a meeting at his office to review the conditions of the orphanages and shelter homes across the province.

During the meeting, popular philanthropists Gohar Ijaz, Mian Ahsan, Anwar Ghani, and Fawad Mukhtar expressed their interest in managing 12 children’s homes and three Kashana centers where 611 children were enrolled.

Upon the direction of the chief minister, these centres would be handed over to the Lahore Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS), being run by philanthropists.

The CM said that industrialists and philanthropists should come forward to support the abandoned children living in orphanages. An agreement would be signed between the provincial government and the LIHS soon.

The CM directed to finalise the agreement without delay.

He said the children would be admitted to quality private schools according to their capabilities.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, March 15th, 2023.

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