Afghan Taliban leader treated at Shaukat Khanum Hospital

Imran receives letter of thanks

ISLAMABAD: A senior leader of the Afghan Taliban militant movement was recently treated at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) in Lahore, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman and SKMCH founder Imran Khan said on Thursday, saying that he came to know about the treatment of the Afghan Taliban militant when he received a letter of thanks from him.

The PTI chairman made the confession in an exclusive interview with Geo News senior anchorperson Hamid Mir.

Speaking to Hamid Mir about the successes of the year 2015, Imran Khan said that the inauguration of the Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital in Peshawar was one of his biggest achievements in the outgoing year.

Speaking about the management of SKMCH Lahore, he confessed that the hospital was so successful that even a senior Afghan Taliban leader went through treatment there.

Imran told Hamid Mir that the Taliban later even wrote him a letter, thanking him for the Taliban leader’s treatment there.

The PTI chairman said that he got to know that the senior Afghan Taliban leader was treated there only when he received the letter.

He said that many people from Afghanistan came to the SKMCH in Lahore for medical treatment.