great loss to humanity

[Azmal]

RIP Abdul Sattar Edhi ! Truly a Hero!

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36752208

[Karachi]

A **** country like Pakistan never deserved such people, his great efforts could not fix this ****ty country. (Good) people never should be born in this country

RIP

[Bengal_Tiger]

A truly great and inspiring man.

May Allah give him the highest part of jannatul firdaus'ul 'aala.

[DaZahroJaam.]

The world is about to become a very lonely place. All good people are dying.

[Porus]

It's nice to see that Pashtuns/Afghans and a Bengali brother have come together and prayed for Abdul Sattar Edhi's place in heaven. May you all live a long and healthy life.

I'm devastated, as a Punjabi, a Pakistani and a human being that such a legend has departed. In his latter years, Edhi has cited his biggest inspiration as being Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan), and he has a great deal of respect for all Pakistanis regardless of their race or religion (many Ahmadis have gone to him for treatment).


However, despite such philanthropic people like Mr. Edhi, I don't think that Pakistan has the capacity to change itself. Its very basis is to hate India and use Afghanistan as a backyard for its Jihadi policies. Until that changes, there's no change that can take place. We can praise a man for sweeping up the dead bodies of innocent Pakistanis who have died for what? The same policy that the state has advocated and STILL advocates to this day. Until this policy is overturned, we can't expect more people like Edhi to exist to pick up the corpses of our brothers from all over Pakistan. It's unjust and extremely dishonourable to even think that.

May God bless Edhi's soul.

[Karachi]

It's nice to see that Pashtuns/Afghans and a Bengali brother have come together and prayed for Abdul Sattar Edhi's place in heaven. May you all live a long and healthy life.

I'm devastated, as a Punjabi, a Pakistani and a human being that such a legend has departed. In his latter years, Edhi has cited his biggest inspiration as being Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan), and he has a great deal of respect for all Pakistanis regardless of their race or religion (many Ahmadis have gone to him for treatment).


However, despite such philanthropic people like Mr. Edhi, I don't think that Pakistan has the capacity to change itself. Its very basis is to hate India and use Afghanistan as a backyard for its Jihadi policies. Until that changes, there's no change that can take place. We can praise a man for sweeping up the dead bodies of innocent Pakistanis who have died for what? The same policy that the state has advocated and STILL advocates to this day. Until this policy is overturned, we can't expect more people like Edhi to exist to pick up the corpses of our brothers from all over Pakistan. It's unjust and extremely dishonourable to even think that.

May God bless Edhi's soul.

Your're a very rare pakistani punjabi to think like that, I must say. Good to see that

[Shapur]

He was truly a great man, and has set an example which others can emulate in their own countries to serve their own people.

I don't agree that Pakistanis can't change or didn't deserve him, he was a Pakistani so it shows there are good people amongst Pakistanis and bad people just like anywhere else. The political establishment tried to use his fame and good work for their own agenda but Mr Edhi was honest and clever enough no to fall in their trap and always kept away from political parties, powerful people who wanted to use him. He made a difference in the lives of many poor people and someone Pakistanis can truly be proud of.

[Karachi]

He was truly a great man, and has set an example which others can emulate in their own countries to serve their own people.

I don't agree that Pakistanis can't change or didn't deserve him, he was a Pakistani so it shows there are good people amongst Pakistanis and bad people just like anywhere else. The political establishment tried to use his fame and good work for their own agenda but Mr Edhi was honest and clever enough no to fall in their trap and always kept away from political parties, powerful people who wanted to use him. He made a difference in the lives of many poor people and someone Pakistanis can truly be proud of.

0.0001% of good people can't do anything in a country where the actual culture is about corruption and injustice in everything, it's part of life there

Also he was born in India, and his upbringing was very different then lets say of a punjabi and sindhi background, in India he came from a poor but respectable (pathan) family, I am not sure if he was real Pashtun, probably mixed one at best. The problem I find with Pakistani punjabi culture is, that everything is bad in it, I mean it is unfortunate, but I dont know why this is. Yet they think they are best chosen muslims (The whole idea behind Pakistan) Indians punjabis on the other hand are much better and help each other, Pakistani Punjabi would even go against their own families

[Azmal]

0.0001% of good people can't do anything in a country where the actual culture is about corruption and injustice in everything, it's part of life there

Also he was born in India, and his upbringing was very different then lets say of a punjabi and sindhi background, in India he came from a poor but respectable (pathan) family, I am not sure if he was real Pashtun, probably mixed one at best. The problem I find with Pakistani punjabi culture is, that everything is bad in it, I mean it is unfortunate, but I dont know why this is. Yet they think they are best chosen muslims (The whole idea behind Pakistan) Indians punjabis on the other hand are much better and help each other, Pakistani Punjabi would even go against their own families

O I didn't knew he was Pashtun I thought he was Gujrati?

[Karachi]

He was but i heard he was from a pathan family, but again that doesnt imply he was pashtun. A lot indian muslims just say they are pathan, because pathans generally had good view (noble character) among indians

[Azmal]

He was but i heard he was from a pathan family, but again that doesnt imply he was pashtun. A lot indian muslims just say they are pathan, because pathans generally had good view (noble character) among indians

Do you have source?

[Karachi]

Do you have source?

Couldn't find any on the net, but I swear I heard him saying that in one of his interview, I could be wrong though. But anyways he is Indian, that was my point, not typical Pakistani punjabi

[Shehbaz Khan]

He was a Memon. Not a Pashtun. Despite of what ethnic group he belonged to, he served humanity without any discrimination and will be remembered for that forever.