Out of the 2,000 paid workers of his Edhi Foundation, around 500 are women. Edhi was a “real gem and asset for Pakistan,” Sharif said in a statement. Edhi’s family announced his death and his son, Faisal Edhi, asked all people to “pray for the departed soul” of his father. As their work spread across the country, Edhi remained involved hands-on in the Edhi Foundation, from raising funds to helping with ritual bathing of the bodies of the deceased poor. Despite the vast sums of money that passed through his foundation, Edhi lived modestly with his family in a two-room apartment adjacent to the headquarters of his foundation.

Source: thestar July 08, 2016 21:00 UTC