Abdul sattar edhi biography in english

Pakistani philanthropist (1928-2016)

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Abdul Sattar EdhiNILPP (Urdu: عبد الستار ایدھی; 28 February 1928^[6] – 8 July 2016)^[1][7][2][8] was a Pakistani humanitarian, philanthropist and ascetic who founded the Edhi Foundation, which runs the world's largest ambulance network,^[9] along with homeless shelters, animal shelters,^[10]rehabilitation centres, and orphanages across Pakistan.^[11]

Edhi's charitable activities expanded greatly in 1957 when an Asian flu epidemic originating in China swept through Pakistan and the rest of the world.

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Donations allowed him to buy his first ambulance the same year. He later expanded his charity network with the help of his wife Bilquis Edhi.^[11][12] Following his death, his son Faisal Edhi took over as head of the Edhi Foundation.

Over his lifetime, the Edhi Found Abdul Sattar Edhi - Wikipedia, den frie encyklopædi XAGIR