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  Abdul Sattar Edhi established his first welfare centre and then the Edhi Trust with a mere Rs5,000. What started as a one-man show operating from a single room in Karachi is now a reputable Edhi Foundation, the largest welfare organization in Pakistan. Edhi is like Mother Teresa who devoted her life to the poor of Kolkata while he (Abdul Sattar Edhi) leads the way of helping the Karachiites and …

  Abdul Sattar Edhi was born in 1928 in a small village of Bantva near Joona Garh, Gujrat (India). The seeds of compassion for the suffering humanity were sown in his soul by his mother’s infirmity. When Edhi was at the tender age of eleven, his mother became paralysed and later got mentally ill. Young Abdul Sattar devoted himself for looking after all her needs; cleaning, bathing, changing clothes and …

  Mr. Abdul Sattar Edhi is the world’s great humanitarian, who led a life dedicated to serving others, and his determination to provide equal treatment for all regardless of nationality, ethnicity and religion makes him a revered humanitarian. Edhi’s name had become synonymous with charitable causes and because of his services he had achieved an almost saintly status in Pakistan. He devoted more than 60 years of his life to …