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03-26-2017, 01:08 AM
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KARACHI: For decades, the sight of Abdul Sattar Edhi pleading for donations was e**ugh to press even the most tightfisted of Pakistanis into reaching for their wallets.
Such was the impact of Mr. Edhi, a humanitarian icon in Pak9istan who died last summer after a prolonged illness. In a country where many citizens have given up on the government, Mr. Edhi’s expansive philanthropic network acts as a benefactor, providing everything from emergency assistance to welfare services.
**w his son Faisal Edhi is carrying on his legacy and trying to ensure the survival of the philanthropic foundation at a time when do**rs have grown tired of being asked to respond to a string of disasters and as competition from Islamic charities mounts.
“I would ask him how we would continue in his absence,” Faisal Edhi said. “He would say: ‘I have put up the building. **w you have to paint and decorate it.’”
It is a daunting prospect, particularly as support of the foundation in Pakistan has declined. Faisal Edhi has accused the government of impeding the import of vehicles for ambulances, and has reported a drop in donations since his father’s death.
The word Edhi is akin to an SOS call for many Pakistanis. They trust the foundation with their donations and with performing last rites for the dead. The Edhi Foundation runs Pakistan’s largest free ambulance service and its network includes shelters, nursing homes, orphanages and morgues.
Edhi volunteers appear at every disaster zone and crime scene, bearing stretchers and shrouds. It is hard to imagine Pakistan’s cities functioning without the Edhi Foundation. As the **ted urban planner Arif Hasan put it in the 1990s, “Without the Edhi Trust one does **t k**w how Karachi would cope with its victims of violence.”
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KARACHI: For decades, the sight of Abdul Sattar Edhi pleading for donations was e**ugh to press even the most tightfisted of Pakistanis into reaching for their wallets.
Such was the impact of Mr. Edhi, a humanitarian icon in Pak9istan who died last summer after a prolonged illness. In a country where many citizens have given up on the government, Mr. Edhi’s expansive philanthropic network acts as a benefactor, providing everything from emergency assistance to welfare services.
**w his son Faisal Edhi is carrying on his legacy and trying to ensure the survival of the philanthropic foundation at a time when do**rs have grown tired of being asked to respond to a string of disasters and as competition from Islamic charities mounts.
“I would ask him how we would continue in his absence,” Faisal Edhi said. “He would say: ‘I have put up the building. **w you have to paint and decorate it.’”
It is a daunting prospect, particularly as support of the foundation in Pakistan has declined. Faisal Edhi has accused the government of impeding the import of vehicles for ambulances, and has reported a drop in donations since his father’s death.
The word Edhi is akin to an SOS call for many Pakistanis. They trust the foundation with their donations and with performing last rites for the dead. The Edhi Foundation runs Pakistan’s largest free ambulance service and its network includes shelters, nursing homes, orphanages and morgues.
Edhi volunteers appear at every disaster zone and crime scene, bearing stretchers and shrouds. It is hard to imagine Pakistan’s cities functioning without the Edhi Foundation. As the **ted urban planner Arif Hasan put it in the 1990s, “Without the Edhi Trust one does **t k**w how Karachi would cope with its victims of violence.”
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