Who was Abdul Sattar Edhi? Meet Pakistan's 'Angel of Mercy'

Born 28 February 1928 Bantva, Bantva Manavadar, Gujarat, British India

Died 8 July 2016 (aged 88) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Edhi was born in India but moved to Karachi shortly after Pakistan was formed.

He soon noticed that many Pakistanis lacked medicine, education, and other essentials, and he made it his life's mission to help others.

In 1951, he established the Edhi foundation, which is funded solely by private donations.

He gave several interviews, and all was jugged about him is that he was a very humble person

A person like Abdul Sattar is very rare in the society. He spent most of the time of his life with the people in need.

He was a Pakistani philanthropist, ascetic, and humanitarian who founded the Edhi Foundation which runs hospitals, homeless shelters, rehab centres, and orphanages across Pakistan

He is known as Angel of Mercy and is considered to be Pakistan's "most respected" and legendary figure

On what would have been Abdul Sattar Edhi 89th birthday in 2017, Google's Doodles in 11 countries celebrated him for his "super-efficient" ambulance service

Edhi donated his organs after dying.