Bilquis runs a free maternity home in Karachi and takes care of children abandoned by their families. The couple has four children, two daughters and two sons. Edhi got married to Bilquis, a nurse who worked at the Edhi dispensary, in 1965. It provides emergency services in the country and abroad. Later he established the non-profit welfare trust, “Edhi Foundation” in 1951. After a few years, he established a free dispensary with the help from his Memon community. He initially started as a pedlar, later became a commission agent selling cloth in a wholesale market in Karachi.

Edhi and his family migrated to Pakistan in 1947. His personal experiences pushed him to develop a system of services for old, mentally ill and physically handicapped people. When he was 11, his mother became paralyzed and later grew mentally ill and died when he was 19. Edhi was born in 1928 in Bantva in Gujarat, British India. He donated his body after his death and his eyes enabled two blind persons to see. He is known in Pakistan as the “angel of mercy” for his social work that also won him international acclaim. Abdul Sattar Edhi, the legendary philanthropist, great humanitarian and social worker, passed away on July 8, 2016.

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