{"id":53924,"date":"2019-07-26T14:49:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=53924"},"modified":"2020-01-03T17:28:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T12:28:27","slug":"overseas-pakistanis-donate-medical-supplies-kcm-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/overseas-pakistanis-donate-medical-supplies-kcm-hospitals.html","title":{"rendered":"Overseas Pakistanis donate medical supplies for KMC hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karachi: During Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar\u2019s recent visit to the United States (US), several Pakistanis based in Houston donated medical supplies worth millions of rupees to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC)-run hospitals<\/a>, a news source reported.<\/p>\n

Read:\u00a0<\/strong>KMC budget worth PKR 26.438 bn for FY2019-20 announced<\/a><\/p>\n

Mayor Waseem Akhtar had visited Houston to attend the \u2018Sister Cities International Conference\u2019 where he received a warm welcome from the members of the Sister Cities Association. Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shallwani was also present at the occasion. The two sides discussed opportunities for expanding cooperation in the fields of science and technology.<\/p>\n

Houston-Karachi Sister City Association President Saeed Shaikh handed over the keys of the container carrying the hospital supplies to the mayor. The vehicle was later dispatched for Karachi, where the supplies would be distributed among 14 KMC-run hospitals.<\/p>\n

Read:\u00a0<\/strong>SC orders KMC to provide Karachi master plan after Eid<\/a><\/p>\n

The mayor conceded that these hospitals were not being run properly and were in urgent need of new medical equipment and supplies. Moreover, he showed gratitude to the Pakistani diaspora, especially Shaikh, for providing much-needed support to the KMC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karachi: During Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar\u2019s recent visit to the United States (US), several Pakistanis based in Houston donated medical supplies worth millions of rupees to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC)-run hospitals, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0KMC budget worth PKR 26.438 bn for FY2019-20 announced Mayor Waseem Akhtar had visited Houston to attend the \u2018Sister Cities International Conference\u2019 where he received a warm welcome from the members of the Sister Cities Association. Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shallwani was also present at the occasion. The two sides discussed opportunities for expanding cooperation in the fields of science and technology. Houston-Karachi Sister City Association President Saeed Shaikh handed over the keys of the container carrying the hospital supplies to the mayor. The vehicle was later dispatched for Karachi, where the supplies would be distributed among 14 KMC-run hospitals. Read:\u00a0SC orders KMC to provide Karachi master plan after Eid The mayor conceded that these hospitals were not being run properly and were in urgent need of new medical equipment and supplies. 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