Breaking News: The founder of country’s & World’s largest welfare organisation Edhi Foundation, Abdul Sattar Edhi, died Friday at the age of 92, his son confirmed as tributes swiftly poured in for the humble man almost unanimously revered as a national hero.
“Abdul Sattar is dead,” his son and heir to his charitable empire Faisal told AFP.
“My father was suffering from severe kidney problems and both of his kidneys had failed,” he said.
The philanthropist was brought to the SIUT after he had trouble breathing and was subsequently put on ventilator.
His son announced that Edhi’s funeral prayers will be offered on Saturday after Zuhr prayers at Memon Masjid, after which he will be laid to rest at Edhi village.
The richest poor man
“He wished to be buried in the same clothes he used to wear. He also wanted to donate his body parts, but only his cornea can be donated as rest of the organs were not in healthy condition,” he added.
In the sticky streets in the heart of Karachi, Edhi, full of idealism and hope, opened his first clinic in 1951.
“Social welfare was my vocation, I had to free it,” he says in his autobiography, “A Mirror To The Blind”.
Meanwhile, the Sindh government has announced to bury Edhi with national honour.
Edhi was diagnosed with kidney failure in June 2013 and was told by doctors that he would have to be on dialysis for the rest of his life.
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