The Pakistan cricket team now playing a tour match at Hove, Sussex in the United Kingdom also observed one-minute silence and wore black armbands to pay tributes to the noted humanitarian who won several worldwide awards and recognition for his untiring work.
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He gave until the very end, his son told AFP, seeking to donate all his body organs after death – though doctors said that due to his age he could only donate his corneas.
Dubbed as the “Angel of Mercy” and ‘Pakistan’s Mother Teresa, ‘ he started his first clinic in 1951 and his foundation has saved thousands of abandoned or orphaned new born babies, provided shelter and healthcare to numerous homeless people and opened rehab centres for the elderly, drug addicts and the mentally ill.
“He has taught us brotherhood, tolerance, piety, honesty and above all serving the humanity regardless of religion, caste and creed”, Malala said.
Prominent Pakistani philanthropist and humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi was laid to rest on the outskirts of Karachi on Saturday at a state funeral attended by thousands of people.
They said that services of Edhi can not be forgotten and the mural will be remembered as a living proof of his legacy. “Mr Edhi personally worked in the field, helping victims of natural disasters and terrorism, until his health no longer allowed it”.
He was so widely respected that armed groups and bandits were known to spare his ambulances. The former president said that the philanthropist’s death was a great loss to Pakistan. She proposed the day of Edhi’s demise should be observed every year as the national charity day.APWC stated that late Edhi was icon of charity and he spent his whole life for improving lives of millions of poor and down trodden people of the country.Millions of Pakistanis in their twitter and facebook messages also expressed condolence and paid tribute to the messiah of mankind.
Washington Post described Edhi as a beacon of hope in a country too often mired in despair.
The New York Times said the Pakistani philanthropist’s name became synonymous with charitable causes and he achieved an nearly saintly status.
Frail and weak in his later years, he appointed Faisal as the managing trustee in early 2016.
The adviser eulogised services of Edhi and hailed his recognition as said, “Together with his wife, Bilquis Edhi, he received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service”. But other Pakistanis lamented the way the government had conducted Edhi’s funeral. He is also the recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize and the Balzan Prize.
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