The elder son of legendary Ghazal Singer Arif Mehdi who was known as tabla player passed away a few days ago under acute financial crisis. According to sources, his family struggled to manage funeral expenses, later a few notables of the area provided financial assistance for his last rites. Asif Mehdi another son of Mehdi Hassan who was a Singer himself is afflicted with a kidney ailment and has to undergo dialysis thrice a month and the amount required for that is beyond his reach.
‘My family members are supporting me to meet the expenses of my husband’s treatment,’ she said. Asif Mehdi said that he had visited the Governor House several times to seek financial assistance but did not get any positive response adding that the financial assistance provided
by the government proved insufficient
His wife Rubi Asif told the media that they had sold out all their assets but despite that, they are unable to meet the expenditures of her husband’s treatment. She further said that They required around 5 million for the treatment of the kidney ailment and such a huge amount was beyond their reach.”
My family members are supporting me to meet the expenses of my Husband’s treatment”; she said. Asif Mehdi said that; He had several times visited the Governor House to seek financial assistance but did get any positive response adding that the financial assistance provided by the government proved insufficient.
He has appealed to the Prime Minister to send him abroad for treatment so that his life could be saved.
The writer is a law student and columnist. He can be reached at kamran.khowaja338@gmail.com and Tweets at @ @ZaibSha1
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