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Funeral in absentia held for Edhi
 [DAWN] RAWALPINDI: Hundreds of people offered a funeral in absentia for Abdul Sattar Edhi at various places in the garrison city on Saturday.That's what I want, by gum. Y'all show up and send flowers and stuff, and I'll be in Omaha or Terre Haute, laughing my buttocks off. The funeral at Liaquat Bagh was arranged by the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Bar Association’s Human Rights Committee in which more than 300 people participated, along with Advocate Asad Abbasi and PPP’s Nasir Mir. Mr Mir said Edhi was always there for everyone and that people respected him. He said the people of Rawalpindi will feel alone in times of trouble now that he is no more. Edhi left the message of love and of serving those in need, he said, adding that the best tribute to the late philanthropist would be to serve people and get involved in charity work. Posted by: Fred 2016-07-11 |
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