PESHAWAR
Noted philanthropist, Zubair Elahi has planned to establish an Old-Age House to look after helpless senior citizens in the provincial capital.
Mr Elahi, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the welfare organization ‘Hope’ said that a 6 kanal piece of land has already been acquired for the purpose. He said that beside those senior citizens, who are either lacking heirs or have been abandoned by the children, a vocational centre for destitute women would also be established on the acquired land to impart them skill for living honourable life in the society.
Hope is also working on a project of the rehabilitation of drug addicts and has so far rehabilitated hundreds of drug addicts. Furthermore, his organization is also imparting technical skills to the rehabilitated drug addicts to mainstream such people in the society.
As a part of its war against narcotics and drugs, the organization is extending support to sports’ activities.
The establishment of Old-Age House is a longstanding demand of the civil society and general public as cases of the miserable conditions of the abandoned senior citizens have been reported by the media.
