Amazing Pakistani Social Workers
Imran Khan
He got all the fame and fortune in the world. He was regarded as one of the best captains in cricketing history and was loved and respected by all. Climax of his career came of March 25, 1992 when he lifted Cricket World Cup for Pakistan. In that moment of triumph and glory and with the whole world watching Imran Khan said in his speech accepting the World Cup,
"I would just like to say I want to give my congratulations to the English team and I would want them to know that by winning this World Cup, personally it means that one of my greatest obsessions in life which is to build a cancer hospital, I am sure thatthis world cup will go a long way towards completion of this obsession. I would also like to say that at the twilight of my career finally I have managed to win the World Cup."
This announcement of launching a mission was not just about making a hospital. It was investing whole cricketing career's achievement into one project. It was about setting an example for many to follow of how one can help others even with personal fame and using the aura of success and charisma.
His magic worked and in coming weeks and months, the world saw every Pakistani either donating or raising money for his cancer hospital. In few years time, Imran Khan created an international standard medical center dedicated to research and treatment of cancer patients. The hospital went on the become one of centers of excellence in cancer research and even today it employs finest resources to achieve this mission.Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center is named after Imran Khan's mother who passed away in his young age because of cancer.
Imran turned this misfortune into an obsession and once life provided him an opportunity, he fulfilled this obsession of building a cancer hospital by mobilizing one of the largest ever fundraisers in history of Pakistan for a single project.
Another interesting aspect of his contribution by Imran Khan is that after him there were many other celebrities who took this course and created some successful ventures out of their desire to serve humanity.
Visit Imran Khan's Cancer hospital's website at:
http://www.shaukatkhanum.org.pk/
"I would just like to say I want to give my congratulations to the English team and I would want them to know that by winning this World Cup, personally it means that one of my greatest obsessions in life which is to build a cancer hospital, I am sure thatthis world cup will go a long way towards completion of this obsession. I would also like to say that at the twilight of my career finally I have managed to win the World Cup."
This announcement of launching a mission was not just about making a hospital. It was investing whole cricketing career's achievement into one project. It was about setting an example for many to follow of how one can help others even with personal fame and using the aura of success and charisma.
His magic worked and in coming weeks and months, the world saw every Pakistani either donating or raising money for his cancer hospital. In few years time, Imran Khan created an international standard medical center dedicated to research and treatment of cancer patients. The hospital went on the become one of centers of excellence in cancer research and even today it employs finest resources to achieve this mission.Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center is named after Imran Khan's mother who passed away in his young age because of cancer.
Imran turned this misfortune into an obsession and once life provided him an opportunity, he fulfilled this obsession of building a cancer hospital by mobilizing one of the largest ever fundraisers in history of Pakistan for a single project.
Another interesting aspect of his contribution by Imran Khan is that after him there were many other celebrities who took this course and created some successful ventures out of their desire to serve humanity.
Visit Imran Khan's Cancer hospital's website at:
http://www.shaukatkhanum.org.pk/
