“Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has approved the honor for Farman Ali Khan for saving 14 people during the Jeddah floods,” said the statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.

Last March, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari conferred a gallantry medal posthumously on Khan and his wife received the award during a ceremony at the president's house in Islamabad on the occasion of the Pakistan National Day.

The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) had announced that it would sponsor the Pakistani youth's widow and three daughters.