<\/span><\/h3>\nAccording to Edhi’s authoritative biography, Khuli Kitaab,’Edhi started his social service in the 1950s. In 1962 he participated in and won the basic democracy elections to raise awareness of social welfare and the establishment of a welfare state.<\/p>\n
When President Ayub celebrated his election victory against the motherland, Fatima Jinnah, Edhi refused to attend. When Bhutto took to the field in 1970 with the slogan of bread, cloth, and house, he also tried his luck in the elections, but his campaign for simplicity and authenticity failed to impress the people, and he lost.<\/p>\n
Edhi returned the check of Rs 500,000 given by Zia-ul-Haq, saying that he wanted to create awareness among the people about giving charity and could not accept the government grant.<\/p>\n
In 1982, when General Zia-ul-Haq asked him to become a member of his Majlis-e-Shura for social welfare, he reluctantly asked, How can the great men of your esteemed assembly bear the smell of a beggar sitting near them? But then, at the request of the military president, he joined the Shura.<\/p>\n
Joining the Shura allowed him to look at the ruler’s empire’s affairs but the council described him as an emotional man who did not understand national and international affairs due to lack of education. He left the Shura but warned General Zia-ul-Haq that racial and linguistic differences and differences between refugees and locals were about to erupt. Still, no one remedied this poison, and he continued to pick up the dead bodies.<\/p>\n
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<\/span>Pressure for Participation in Political Parties<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\nIn the ’90s, the country was on the path to democracy, but Edhi quietly had to go abroad. The reason was a demand from the military and agencies to join the pressure group. In 1993, some military officers contacted him and said, we need you.<\/p>\n
At great insistence, he agreed to deliver a speech at Mazar-e-Quaid on August 14, but could not deliver politicians choice. In London, the following year, Edhi was invited by ‘Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’ chief Imran Khan to become a part of a political pressure group.<\/p>\n
But he advised him, Don’t be emotional, we are not in a position to change anything except fulfilling our social mission. When he returned to Pakistan, General Hamid Gul demanded that we have to save the country. But he always refused to be part of any attempt to change the country through a conspiracy.<\/p>\n
The last resort was to try to implicate him in the assassination of the editor of the weekly ‘Takbir.’ This allegation upset him so much that he left the country and went to London.<\/p>\n
Arriving there, he held a press conference and prepared a document that if he was killed, it should be made public so that the conspiracy he refused to be a part of could be exposed. However, he later returned home at the request of President Leghari and engaged in the work known to him, i.e., social welfare.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Abdul Sattar Edhi Death<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nHe was undergoing treatment for dialysis at the Sindh Institute of Urology, and on July 8, 2016, he breathed his last. After his death, Faisal Edhi told media that his father’s eyes had been donated as per his will. He was buried with state honors, and his funeral prayers were offered at the National Stadium Karachi on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Pakistan’s PM Nawaz Sharif notified a day of mourning across the country for his death, while the Sindh government announced three days of mourning.<\/p>\n
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<\/span>Tributes After Death<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided to display the Edhi Foundation’s ‘logo’ on the shirts of the ODI and T20 matches during the tour of England, acknowledging the social services of the country’s renowned social activist Abdul Sattar Edhi.<\/p>\n
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Sheharyar Khan donated Rs 500,000 to the Edhi Foundation at a ceremony in Lahore, while Najam Sethi donated Rs 500,000 from the Pakistan Super League. On this occasion, Pakistan Cricket Board’s sponsor Pepsi also announced a donation of Rs 1 million.<\/p>\n
Misbah-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali and Sarfraz Ahmed, captains of all three formats of Pakistan, presented Pakistan’s ODI shirt to SaadEdhi. He was also given a cricket bat signed by Pakistani players, the proceeds of which will go to the Edhi Foundation.<\/p>\n
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