Edhi passed away in Karachi last night at the age of 92 after a prolonged battle with different ailments.
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He expressed these views while talking to media persons after expressing condolence with the family of Abdul Sattar Edhi and laying of a floral wreath on his grave in Karachi on Sunday.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced one-day mourning countrywide and declared Edhi’s demise as national tragedy.
Among those to attend the funeral was President Mamnoon Hussain, military chief General Raheel Sharif, governor of Sindh province Ishrat ul Ibad Khan, the chief ministers of Sindh and Punjab provinces and many other national politicians, notables and servicemen.
Pakistan Patriot Forum (PPF) organised special congregation at Jail Road where hundreds of people recited versus from Holy Quran and offered Fateha.
Mr Sharif, who is recuperating in London after undergoing surgery last month, was not able to attend the funeral.
The Edhi Foundation now runs a vast network of welfare services across Karachi – which spread to other parts of Pakistan – including the world’s largest volunteer ambulance service, health clinics, shelters for battered women, abandoned children and the elderly.
Edhi came from a family of Gujarati traders and arrived in Pakistan in 1947.
Edhi, in accordance with his will, was laid to rest in Edhi Village – a suburb named after him in Karachi’s northern district.
Indian girl Geeta was sheltered by the Edhi Foundation after she strayed across the border over a decade ago.
“Before his death he had donated his coronaries and body organs”, Faisal said.
Edhi had taken care of Geeta during her stay in Pakistan.
In Pakistan, tributes poured in for Edhi.
Edhi has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, and appears on the list again this year – nominated by teenage Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.
Despite constant threats, the Edhi Foundation “became Pakistan’s most relied upon social safety net, handling numerous responsibilities that the Pakistani government could not, or would not, tackle”, Al Jazeera’s Brandice Alexander reported.
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“No religion is higher than humanity” – Pakistani humanitarian Edhi, who died 8 July 2016.
