Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA from Sindh Dr Seema Zia, along with a group of PTI women, visited an old Person’s Home namely Bint-e-Fatima Old Home Trust located in Defence Phase 6 on Saturday.
The visit was made in order to celebrate Eid with the elderly homeless ladies who resided therein and distributed gifts among them.
The trust’s mission was to provide hygienic housing facility and basic healthcare for old women. The trust’s caretaker Farzana Shoaib was a highly dedicated, self motivated woman who along with her children had committed herself to the care of her senior house guests.
She briefed the PTI team about the facilities being provided at the trust. Meanwhile, Dr Seema stressed the need for establishing more homes where the senior citizens could live comfortably and with dignity.
She called for the government and private sector/donors to establish such centres or provide funds for the same.
Also present on the occasion were Najeeb Haroon and Nadia Humayun.
