ISLAMABAD: Faisal Mosque went pink as a part of month-long breast cancer awareness campaign being observed across the globe.

October is being observed as PINKtober to create awareness about breast cancer.

During the campaign a number of buildings including the Parliament House were illuminated with pink lights.

During awareness session at Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) Chief Executive Pink Ribbon Omer Aftab said that as many as 1.2 million women in Pakistan were at a high risk of having the breast cancer in their lifetime. Almost 40,000 women die each year for want medical facilities.

He said: “To cater to the need of medical services for breast cancer more hospitals should be constructed and the campaign needs more support to ensure that none of us will have to bear the horror of losing a mother, a sister, a wife or a daughter.”

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2017