CRS AND SOCIAL INITIATIVES

Bilqees Sarwar Foundation’s mission and vision

The Bilqees Sarwar Foundation (BSF) is a family-run charitable foundation based in Lahore, Pakistan. It is founded on the strong belief that businesses have a social responsibility and that ‘charity begins at home’. Named after Mrs. Bilqees Sarwar, wife of the late Sheikh Muhammad Sarwar, who founded H. Sheikh Noor-ud-Din & Sons (HSNDS), BSF aims to improve access to quality public healthcare and widen educational opportunities for vulnerable populations.

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Impact and outcomes of Bilqees Sarwar Hospital

The Bilqees Sarwar Hospital, located in Lahore, Pakistan was inaugurated in 2010.

Free treatment is provided to all HSNDS employees and to the wider community. It is the largest public health initiative funded by BSF and has become the cornerstone of our work in the local community. The hospital gives walk-in patients access to general physicians, optometrists, fully equipped wards, laboratories and offers specialised eye treatments and laser vision correction, amongst other medical services.

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Eye OPD patients 2020 - 2021

1,360

Eye surgeries performed

4,483

Dialysis procedures performed General OPD patients

55,054

Free treatments