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Abdul Sattar Edhi
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1928-02-28 ) 28 February 1928 , Bantva , Bantva Manavadar , British India
- Died
- 8 July 2016 (2016-07-08) (aged 88), Karachi , Sindh , Pakistan
- Other names
- Angel of Mercy , The Richest Poor Man
- Organization
- Edhi Foundation
- Spouse
- Bilquis Edhi ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1965 )
- Awards
- Lenin Peace Prize (1988) Bacha Khan Peace Award (1990) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1989) Wolf of Bhogio Peace Award (2005) Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize (2010)
- Website
- edhi .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Bantva
- Place of death
- Karachi
- Spouse
- Bilquis Edhi
- Occupation
- social worker
- Languages spoken
- Urdu
- Religion
- Islam
- Official website
- edhi.org
- Image
- Abdul Sattar Edhi.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Abdul Sattar Edhi
- date of death
- 2016-07-08
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- date of birth
- 1928-02-28
- place of burial
- Karachi
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Encyclopedic overview
Abdul Sattar Edhi NI LPP (Urdu: عبد الستار ایدھی; 28 February 1928 – 8 July 2016) was a Pakistani humanitarian, philanthropist and ascetic who founded the Edhi Foundation, which runs the world's largest volunteer ambulance network, along with homeless shelters, animal shelters, rehabilitation centres, and orphanages across Pakistan.
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. 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. Following his death, his son Faisal Edhi took over as head of the Edhi Foundation.
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