He had soon built a fleet of ambulances, not just for Karachi, but covering the whole of Pakistan. He told me that he was particular about which part of society he received donations and help from, just as he was blind to the caste and religion of the dead bodies that he washed.

People were surprised at his directness and the money flooded in. With a pointy cap on his head, he would stand on the street and ask for donations. A tall, thin man, he dressed in simple loose overshirt and matching baggy trousers everyday workwear. His system of fund raising was radical but effective. Finding no free emergency ambulance service or free welfare service in his adopted country, he resolved to found the first and only system that exists today.

ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty ImagesĪfter migrating from India in 1947 amongst a wave of Indian Muslim migrants who never became fully accepted in Pakistan, Edhi first set up a free dispensary in Karachi. In this photograph taken on February 15, 2016, orphaned children play at the Edhi Foundation in the.

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