About Us

About FWT

Who We Are

The Trust was founded on 1st June 2005 with the aim to contribute in improving the current condition of health services in Pakistan, particularly in rural and under-privileged areas where medical facilities and health awareness is almost non-existent. The Trust is a non-profitable, non-political, non-governmental organization registered with the Government of Pakistan, Registration No. 5892. Book No.1, Volume 1767 in Islamabad.
The idea of establishing a Welfare Trust was first conceived in early 2005 by Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed Khan Niazi, his wife Dr. Ghazala Iftikhar Niazi and Mr. Qaim Hussain Shah with the aims and objectives of improving the current condition of health services and helping poor, needy and deserving patients in the country, particularly in the rural areas where health services and health awareness are almost non-existent.

FWT Activities & Projects

Since October 2012, the trust is running “Friends Hospital and Dialysis Centre and Paramedical College for poor students in Rawalpindi. It is indeed a landmark achievement for trust to establish Friends Hospital for the poor and needy patients. Currently, hospital is catering to the health needs of about 8,000 to 10,000 patients on monthly basis. FWT also has School for Street Children, Widows & Orphans program and giving monthly Stipend to widows and scholarship to orphan to completes their education

Moreover, the trust has been actively participating in the emergencies during natural disaster especially during the Flood and Earthquake emergencies. During flood relief activities, 2022 the trust has extensively worked with the help of Kuwait Relief Society under the umbrella of Ministry of Foreign affair of KUWAIT to facilitate the flood ridden areas of Provinces including Sindh, KPK and Baluchistan. FWT with the help of Kuwaiti also constructed 100 houses in Interior Sindh under the FWT Rehabilitation Program.

FWT also contributed in Earth Quakes in Syria and current War in Gaza as international relief activities.

Friends Hospital Extension Program

The Stone Breaking Ceremony for the extension of Friends Hospital was jointly conducted by the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad, the Ambassador of Kuwait in Islamabad, and Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman. The extension block is planned to cover a total area of 100,000 square feet.

The purpose of the hospital’s extension is threefold: to accommodate the increasing number of patients, to enhance service quality, and to provide kidney transplants to poor patients who cannot afford them. To meet the community’s growing demands, a piece of land adjacent to the existing building has been acquired at a cost of Rs. 120,000,000. A modern, well-equipped health facility will soon be constructed on this site.

Since October 2012, the trust is running “Friends Hospital and Dialysis Centre and Paramedical College for poor students in Rawalpindi. It is indeed a landmark achievement for the trust to establish Friends Hospital for the poor and needy patients. Currently, the hospital is catering to the health needs of about 8,000 to 10,000 patients on a monthly basis. FWT also has School for Street Children, Widows & Orphans program and giving monthly Stipend to widows and scholarships to orphans to complete their education.

Moreover, the trust has been actively participating in the emergencies during natural disasters, especially during the Flood and Earthquake emergencies. During flood relief activities, 2022, the trust has extensively worked with the help of Kuwait Relief Society under the umbrella of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of KUWAIT to facilitate the flood-ridden areas of provinces including Sindh, KPK and Baluchistan. FWT with the help of Kuwaitis also constructed 100 houses in Interior Sindh under the FWT Rehabilitation Program.

FWT also contributed in Earth Quakes in Syria and the current War in Gaza as international relief activities.

Friends Hospital Extension Program

The Stone Breaking Ceremony for the extension of Friends Hospital was jointly conducted by the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Islamabad, the Ambassador of Kuwait in Islamabad, and Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman. The extension block is planned to cover a total area of 100,000 square feet.

The purpose of the hospital’s extension is threefold: to accommodate the increasing number of patients, to enhance service quality, and to provide kidney transplants to poor patients who cannot afford them. To meet the community’s growing demands, a piece of land adjacent to the existing building has been acquired at a cost of Rs. 1 Billion. A modern, well-equipped health facility will soon be constructed on this site.