{"id":2875,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:11","slug":"pakistan-angel-of-mercy-edhi-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/pakistan-angel-of-mercy-edhi-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan’s Angel Of Mercy Edhi Dies Aged 88"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi died on Friday at a hospital in Karachi following a prolonged illness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was undergoing treatment for kidney-related issues at the hospital for the past few weeks but his condition had deteriorated earlier on Friday\u00a0and he was breathing with the help of a ventilator.<\/p>\n

His funeral will take place on Saturday in Karachi.<\/p>\n

Who is Edhi?<\/h3>\n

Known as \u201cAngel of Mercy\u201d, Edhi devoted his life to the poor and destitute. He\u00a0was internationally\u00a0recognised for his social work. Six decades ago he had\u00a0established a welfare foundation that\u00a0he oversaw together with his wife, Bilquis Edhi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dubai residents are extremely saddened by the news<\/h3>\n
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saddend news to hear about the death of humanity example #edhi<\/a>. May Allah give him highest place in #jannah<\/a> #edhi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014 khalid_siddiqui (@ziddiman) July 8, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Unimaginable amount of hurdles must have come in his way. Political, sectarian, administrative nightmares. But #Edhi<\/a> stood. And fought.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) July 8, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The man who rescued over 20,000 abandoned infants, rehabilitated 50,000 plus orphans and trained 40,000 nurses is no more #Edhi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 waqas ahmad (@AhmedFcma) July 8, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi died on Friday at a hospital in Karachi following a prolonged illness.\u00a0 He was undergoing treatment for kidney-related issues at the hospital for the past few weeks but his condition had deteriorated earlier on Friday\u00a0and he was breathing with the help of a ventilator. His funeral will take place on … ","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/07\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/edhi.png?mtime=20160709000630","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/07\/_featuredImage\/edhi.png?mtime=20160709000630 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"Pakistan's Angel Of Mercy Edhi Dies Aged 88 - Lovin Dubai<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"Legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi died on Friday at a hospital in Karachi following a prolonged illness.He was undergoing treatment for kidney-related issues at the hospital for the past few weeks but his condition had deteriorated earlier on Friday and he was breathing with the help of a ventilator.\">\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/pakistan-angel-of-mercy-edhi-dies\">\n<!-- <link rel=\"amphtml\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/pakistan-angel-of-mercy-edhi-dies\/amp\">\n --><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan's Angel Of Mercy Edhi Dies Aged 88\">\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\">\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/pakistan-angel-of-mercy-edhi-dies\">\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"May his soul rest in peace\">\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/07\/edhi.png?mtime=20160709000630\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"532\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"401\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"photo\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"lovindubai\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Pakistan's Angel Of Mercy Edhi Dies Aged 88\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\" Legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi died on Friday at a hospital in Karachi following a prolonged illness.He was undergoing treatment for kidney-related issues at the hospital for the past few weeks but his condition had deteriorated earlier on Friday and he was breathing with the help of a ventilator.\n\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/pakistan-angel-of-mercy-edhi-dies\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/07\/edhi.png?mtime=20160709000630\">\n"},"image_feature":null,"author_name":"hello@lovindubai.com","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}