{"id":53520,"date":"2024-01-28T18:52:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T18:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/governor-sindh-announces-to-send-elderly-people-to-hajj-umrah\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T18:52:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T18:52:05","slug":"governor-sindh-announces-to-send-elderly-people-to-hajj-umrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/governor-sindh-announces-to-send-elderly-people-to-hajj-umrah\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Sindh announces to send elderly people to Hajj, Umrah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KARACHI-Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori has announced to bear expanses of Hajj and Umrah for persons above 75 years, who have not performed the holy pilgrimage in their life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking to media representatives after visiting Sindh Government Hospital Liaquatabad, the Sindh Governor said that those elderly people who want to perform Hajj and Umrah could register themselves with Governor House.<\/p>\n

\u201cSelected people will be sent to holy mosques after balloting\u201d, he announced.<\/p>\n

Kamran Tessori also announced to bear expanses of those students, whose parents are unable to afford the heavy fee. \u201cSuch parents can also approach us through helpline 1366\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He said that the emergency of Sindh Government Hospital Liaquatabad is like the emergency of Jinnah, Civil and Abbasi Shaheed Hospitals and needs improvement \u201cMy main purpose of visiting city hospitals is to personally know the state of affairs of health care institutions to ensure betterment of the same\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

Governor Sindh said that he would continue to visit hospitals and shopping centres to listen to the grievances of the common man. \u201dIn addition to hospitals and shopping centres I will start visits of government schools and parks along with media to expose inefficiency and wrongdoings there also\u201d, he added and said that media is showing everything, wherever I am going.<\/p>\n

Kamran Tessori said that since the establishment of this hospital in 1982, hundreds of plazas have been erected in Karachi but no improvement has been made in this important healthcare facility. He asked the aged people present on occasion to come to the Governor\u2019s House and have a discussion over a cup of tea to improve the situation.<\/p>\n

Governor Sindh further said that any person requiring ration bags can contact helpline 1366. Earlier, Governor Sindh visited the emergency of Sindh Government Hospital Liaquatabad where Medical Superintendent Dr Ateeq-ur-Rehman Qureshi briefed him about the working of the hospital and inquired about the facility being provided to patients there.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n