Bilquis Edhi
(1947-2022)
Pakistani philanthropist
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Bilquis Bano Edhi HI (Urdu: بلقیس ایدھی), was a professional nurse and one of the most active philanthropists in Pakistan along with serving as co-chair of Edhi Foundation. She has been named The Mother of Pakistan. She was born in 1947 in Bantva. She heads the Edhi Foundation, and with her husband received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. In 2015, she received the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice. Her charity runs many services in Pakistan including a hospital and emergency service in Karachi. Together with her husband their charity has saved over 16,000 unwanted babies. Her husband, Abdul Sattar Edhi, died on 8 July 2016.She died on 15 April 2022(Friday, 13 Ramadan 1443AD).
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14 August 1947 Karachi
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15 April 2022 (aged 74)
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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