British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan has always been into CSR activities. Wife of Amir Khan, Faryal Makhdoom, have announced on Tuesday that they would provide financial support to the family of Zohra Shah – the eight-year-old victim who was “beaten to death” by employers after she accidently let some expensive parrots out of a cage, as reported by the local media. Zohra was hired as caretaker of the child of a man identified as Hassan Siddiqui, who worked in buying and selling birds and property.
Faryal Makhdoom shared the news on her snapchat pledging their support for the family of the deceased girl revealing that that they were in contact Zohra’s father and assured him to help the poor family financially.
She wrote: “Amir and I have personally contacted Zohra’s father and hoping to speak to him shortly. Thank you to everyone… especially the lawyers, barristers and human rights activists who are supporting us. Loads of messages asking why they sent their 8 year old daughter to work. They didn’t. The father has told us he has 6 kids… the father sent the daughter (Zohra Shah) to Islamabad with her Khala (aunty) to study there. The khala then put Zohra Shah to work… where she was beaten to death.”
The couple has now collected a sum of £13,769 of donations for Zohra’s family.
