Abdul Sattar Edhi began his charitable work as a young passionate man. The Edhi Foundation that he started now offers a broad range of free social services that includes ambulances, orphanages and support for the elderly and disabled.
Politicians and activists paid their respects:
https://twitter.com/AsimBajwaISPR/status/751494210759565312
https://twitter.com/drishratulebad/status/751489626045546497
https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/751497075448217600
https://twitter.com/MaryamNSharif/status/751511667121487872
https://twitter.com/LodhiMaleeha/status/751546671356665856
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed his sorrow at Edhi’s death and prayed that he would have ‘the best place in paradise’.
“We have lost a great servant of humanity,” said Sharif while remembering the greatest humanitarian worker.
The country’s actors and musicians also paid tribute:
https://twitter.com/ShehzadRoy/status/751525152823898114
https://twitter.com/AliZafarsays/status/751513585415811072
https://twitter.com/Hadiqa_Kiani/status/751501442033262592
https://twitter.com/TheMahiraKhan/status/751497156171816961
https://twitter.com/ferozekhaan/status/751519763529134081
He opened his first clinic in 1951 and his Edhi Foundation grew to be Pakistan’s largest welfare organisation, running schools, hospitals and ambulance services across the country and worldwide.
As did the Pakistani cricketers:
https://twitter.com/shoaib100mph/status/751494401977974784
https://twitter.com/iramizraja/status/751480429576880128
https://twitter.com/realshoaibmalik/status/751501642919342080
Edhi was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2013. He actually turned down an offer from former president Asif Ali Zardari to get a treatment abroad.
Indian minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj, Indian actor Anupam Kher, Indian journalist Barkha Dutt and boxer Amir Khan expressed their feelings on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/AnupamPkher/status/751637272622141440
https://twitter.com/amirkingkhan/status/751491369647108096
https://twitter.com/BDUTT/status/751538194265542656
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