ISLAMABAD: Abdul Sattar Edhi was a humanist and humanitarian par excellence and will always be remembered for his selfless devotion and service to humanity, said Foreign Office on Saturday.
“Today we honour the life and legacy of Abdul Sattar Edhi on his 7th death anniversary. A humanist and a humanitarian par excellence, Edhi will always be remembered for his selfless devotion and service to humanity,” it added.
Many international and national awards, including Asian Nobel, the Lenin Peace Prize and Nishan-e-Imtiaz were bestowed upon him in recognition of his services for humanity. He breathed his last on this day in 2016 at the age of 88 in Karachi.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid tributes to the services of great philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi for humanity.
In a statement, he said there are people in this world who work for their cause with such devotion and honesty that they become the perfect metaphor for it. He said Abdul Sattar Edhi was also such a great personality who chose the path of service to humanity leaving all the other worldly tasks and spent his entire life in it with hard work and dedication.
The prime minister said the people like Abdul Sattar Edhi truly represent the moral values of any society and restore our faith in the beauty of humanity.
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