National table tennis player Mehak Anwar lost her battle to cancer today. This reminds us there’s a reason you’re asked not to make promises you can’t keep. They do come back to haunt you.<\/p>\n
Recently, the barrister and activist Khadija Siddiqui shared that table tennis player Mehak Anwar died today after battling cancer for a long time.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/khadeeeej751\/status\/1197580099157188608<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister Imran Khan had taken notice of her health earlier but Mehak\u2019s family revealed that no one ever followed up.<\/p>\n
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A National Shame: ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ Creator Nisar Nasik Dies in Poverty<\/a><\/p>\n We understand that the PM is a busy man and cannot personally look into things, but he has the entire bureaucratic machinery at his disposal. Not to mention his cancer hospital Shaukat Khanum.<\/p>\n It pains us that this national treasure Mehak Nawar was not provided the requisite medical treatment.<\/strong><\/p>\n Netizens are saddened and fuming over the issue.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/Assad_Ghaffar\/status\/1197728857312387072<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/HammadUmt\/status\/1197580580491321345<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/rafi_masood\/status\/1197581973499330560<\/p>\n Many are asking PM Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), member of National Assembly (MNA), Haleem Aadil Sheikh for answers.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/HniaziISF\/status\/1197649317907062791<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/adi_khaneng\/status\/1197752319066157057<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/hemofelo\/status\/1197728342805565445<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/aas_adnan\/status\/1197754253449801729<\/p>\n Mehak Anwar’s father is asking the PM to still keep his promise and facilitate other sports-persons under similar circumstances.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/zahidghaffar\/status\/1197576943236997121<\/p>\n 16-year old Mehak was diagnosed with cancer during mid-2018. At her young age, she represented Sindh in the National Junior Games, and took home the gold medal in the Sindh Games.<\/p>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n Journalist Found Dead in His Car Near Holy Family Hospital<\/a><\/p>\n Back in August, the sports prodigy was struggling against her condition in a private hospital in Karachi, unable to seek further treatment due to her family’s financial condition. That’s when PM Imran Khan took notice of the issue, promising assistance.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/kpkupdates\/status\/1031881298162409472<\/p>\n She never received any support from the government, even though PTI MNA, Haleem Adil Sheikh paid her a visit once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National table tennis player Mehak Anwar lost her battle to cancer today. This reminds us there’s a reason you’re asked not to make promises you can’t keep. They do come back to haunt you. Recently, the barrister and activist Khadija Siddiqui shared that table tennis player Mehak Anwar died today after battling cancer for a long time. The Prime […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":239719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-239707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"Despite promises, the government forgot to pay for her treatment.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mehak-Anwar-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mehak-Anwar-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mehak-Anwar.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Featured","Social Media"],"title_text":"Table Tennis Star Mehak Anwar Loses Life to Cancer","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,1291&exclude=239707","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239707"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=239707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSocial Media reacts to the tragic news<\/h3>\n
Mehak Anwar, the Table Tennis Star<\/h3>\n
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