Saudi Crown Prince MBS makes a special request to KP government
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ISLAMABAD - Saudi Crown Prince MBS makes a special request to KP government
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has called for a health centre to be made in the hometown of a Pakistani hero who saved 14 lives during the floods in Jeddah in 2009, *Arab News* link on Monday, citing the state *Saudi Press Agency* (SPA).
As per the *SPA* link, the centre is to be made in the hometown of martyred Farman Ali Khan in Khyber Pakthunkhwa.
The crown prince issued the directives during his visit to Pakistan. He arrived on Sunday amid heightened security and arrangements in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
According to *Arab News*, during floods in November 2009, Khan secured a rope to his waist and jumped into the water to rescue people. He was able to save 14 persons but drowned when he attempted to rescue a fifteenth individual.
After his death, Khan was posthumously awarded the 'King Abdul Aziz Medal of the First Order' by the Saudi government as well the Pakistani Tamgha-i-Shujaat (the highest civil award for bravery) by the president at the time, Asif Ali Zardari.
