Pakistan: Philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi buried after state funeral
04:12PM Sat 9 Jul, 2016
By: Reuters | Karachi | Updated: July 9, 2016 10:43 pm
Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, revered as a “living saint”, was buried on the outskirts of Karachi on Saturday after a state funeral attended by thousands of people.
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People attend the funeral for philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro[/caption]
Edhi died late on Friday after a long kidney illness, triggering an outpouring of grief in the impoverished nation of 190 million for a man who transcended social, ethnic and religious divisions.
At one moment, during the country’s first state funeral since the 1980s, a crowd broke through military lines at Karachi’s National Stadium to help carry Edhi’s coffin, which was draped with Pakistan’s green and white flag and covered with rose petals.
People attend the funeral for philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro[/caption]
Edhi died late on Friday after a long kidney illness, triggering an outpouring of grief in the impoverished nation of 190 million for a man who transcended social, ethnic and religious divisions.
At one moment, during the country’s first state funeral since the 1980s, a crowd broke through military lines at Karachi’s National Stadium to help carry Edhi’s coffin, which was draped with Pakistan’s green and white flag and covered with rose petals.
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