Renowned social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi will undergo kidney operation at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplant, said his son Faisal Edhi.
The younger Edhi appealed people to pray for his father.
World famed doctor and head of SIUT, Dr Adeeb Rizvi, along with his team, would operate upon Edhi today.
Faisal Edhi said several politicians including Aseefa Bhutto Zardari had arrived for inquiring after health of Mr Edhia and Rehman Malik and Malik Riaz had also offered to sponsor treatment of Mr Edhi. “We are thankful for their gesture, but I must add that my family is satisfied with my father’s treatment at SIUT and Dr Adeeb Rizvi is like a family to us.”
Abdul Sattar Edhi created a charitable empire Edhi Foundation out of nothing, masterminding Pakistan’s largest welfare organisation. He is more than a national hero in Pakistan for his invaluable services for humanity.
Edhi has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, and appeared on the list again this year besides Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan’s teenage Nobel laureate.
Motivated by a spiritual quest for justice over the years, Edhi and his team have created maternity wards, morgues, orphanages, shelters, and homes for the elderly — all aimed at helping those in society who cannot help themselves.
Abandoned children and the elderly battered women, disabled and drug addicts, Edhi’s foundation now houses some 5,700 people in 17 shelters across the country and it employs around 3,000 people.
