Highest Saudi Award for a Pakistani Hero
RIYADH:
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has honored a Pakistani who had laid his
life to save 14 others from drowning during torrential rains/flooding in
Jeddah back in 2009, Geo News reported.
Saudi government has, posthumously, not only bestowed the highest civil award on Farman Ali but also named a highway after him.
This valorous countryman who has now come under a heroic spotlight forever is a martyr as he during those drastic floods gave life to as many as 14 of his fellow countryman but lost his own in the end.
Saudi government has, posthumously, not only bestowed the highest civil award on Farman Ali but also named a highway after him.
This valorous countryman who has now come under a heroic spotlight forever is a martyr as he during those drastic floods gave life to as many as 14 of his fellow countryman but lost his own in the end.
Farman comes from Swat and
has left behind a widow and three daughters.
Farman
Ali Khan, a Pakistani martial arts champion who drowned while saving
people during the Jeddah floods of November 2009, will be posthumously
awarded the King Abdul Aziz Medal of the First Order in appreciation of
his heroic humanitarian act, an official statement said Tuesday.
“Custodian
of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has approved the honor for Farman
Ali Khan for saving 14 people during the Jeddah floods,” said the
statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
Last
March, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari conferred a gallantry medal
posthumously on Khan and his wife received the award during a ceremony
at the president's house in Islamabad on the occasion of the Pakistan
National Day.
The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) had announced that it would sponsor the
Pakistani youth's widow and three daughters.
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