LAHORE – Prime Minister Imran Khan took his first notice on Tuesday, related to the illness of table tennis player Mehak Anwar, since assuming charge last weekend.
Mehak, 16, has been suffering from cancer for past four months and going through treatment at Karachi’s Agah Khan Hospital. She has represented Sindh several times.
Her father is a naib qasid at a government office in Sindh.
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce that the prime minister has taken notice of the news circulating on media regarding the table tennis player’s illness.
بحثیت وزیر اعظم عمران خان کا پہلا نوٹس ، کینسر کے مرض میں مبتلا بچی کے علاج کے انتظامات کئے جائیں ۔۔۔ وزیر اعظم pic.twitter.com/fxPuUX7KsI
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 21, 2018
The prime minister has summoned details of the player’s treatment.
Imran Khan took oath as the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan on August 18 (Saturday).
