ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan visited the construction site ofShaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (SKMT) Hospital in Karachi on Sunday.

In a tweet, Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed the hope that the facilitywould be opened in 2023. He said it would be twice the size of SKMT Lahoreand would be equipped with all the latest diagnostic and treatmentfacilities. He said SKMT Karachi will service Sindh and southernBalochistan.

Visited the building site of SKMT Karachi. InshaAllah on target to open in2023. It will be twice the size of SKMT Lahore and will be equipped withall the latest diagnostic and treatment facilities. It will service Sindhand southern Balochistan. pic.twitter.com/nFcBnL91Y3link— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 18, 2021link

The prime minister broke ground for the hospital, located in Karachi’sDefence Housing Authority (DHA) area in 2016.

The Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, established in the memory of PM ImranKhan’s mother who succumbed to cancer in 1985, has established a number ofhospitals, laboratories, and research centres all over Pakistan.