Afridi constructs hospital for the needy

KARACHI: Pakistani all rounder Shahid Afridi has constructed a hospital in his father’s name in Kohat that will provide free treatment to the needy people especially mothers and their children, ARY News reports.

The hospital is named “Sahibzada Fazal Rehman Memorial Hospital”.

In a function organized by Shahid Afridi Foundation, he said that poverty can be eradicated if everyone shows honesty.

The firebrand cricketer said that he will organize a Twenty20 cricket match in Lahore to help the people displaced by the military offensive in North Waziristan.

Afridi also said that he did not seek help from the government for his charity works. He added that his foundation seeks to promote education, health and sports.