Celebrated humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi passes away in Karachi

KARACHI: Celebrated humanitarian and Edhi Foundation Chairman Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away at the age of 88 in Karachi on Friday night.

Edhi's funeral prayers will be offered on Saturday after Zuhr prayers at the National Stadium, after which he will be laid to rest at Edhi village.

"He wished to be buried in the same clothes he used to wear. He also wanted to donate his body parts, but only his cornea can be donated as rest of the organs were not in healthy condition," said Faisal Edhi.

Edhi was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2013 but had been unable to get a transplant due to frail health. He was receiving treatment at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT).

Earlier in the day, the philanthropist's son Faisal and wife Bilquis Edhi informed the media that doctors at the facility termed his condition critical.

He felt difficulty while breathing "after which the doctors decided to shift him on a ventilator".

In June, Edhi declined an offer by former president Asif Ali Zardari for treatment abroad, insisting on getting it done in Pakistan, particularly in a government hospital.

Edhi’s journey

Born to a family of traders in Gujarat, Mr Edhi arrived in Pakistan in 1947.

The state’s failure to help his struggling family care for his mother – paralysed and suffering from mental health issues – was his painful and decisive turning point towards philanthropy.

In the sticky streets in the heart of Karachi, Mr Edhi, full of idealism and hope, opened his first clinic in 1951. “Social welfare was my vocation, I had to free it,” he says in his autobiography, ‘A Mirror To The Blind’.

Motivated by a spiritual quest for justice, over the years Mr Edhi and his team created maternity wards, morgues, orphanages, shelters and homes for the elderly – all aimed at helping those who cannot help themselves.

The most prominent symbols of the foundation – its 1,500 ambulances – are deployed with unusual efficiency to the scene of terrorist attacks that tear through the country with devastating regularity.

A national hero

Revered by many as a national hero, Mr Edhi created a charitable empire out of nothing. He masterminded Pakistan’s largest welfare organisation almost single-handedly, entirely with private donations.

Content with just two sets of clothes, he slept in a windowless room of white tiles adjoining the office of his charitable foundation. Sparsely equipped, it had just one bed, a sink and a hotplate.

“He never established a home for his own children,” his wife Bilquis, who manages the foundation’s homes for women and children, told AFP in an interview this year.

What he has established is something of a safety net for the poor and destitute, mobilising the nation to donate and help take action – filling a gap left by a lack of welfare state.

Mr Edhi has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, and appeared on the list again this year – put there by Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan’s teenage Nobel laureate.

Condolences pour in

Abdul Sattar Edhi’s tireless work has helped save hundreds of thousands of lives and shown us what it means to be a man who works for the people, read a statement issued by PM Office.

“Despite all his success, he has always stayed humble, living a simple life in a small house barely large enough to encapsulate his enormous heart.”

In his most difficult hour, may Allah bestow upon him all the fortune that he bestowed upon the people of this country and treat him with the care that a man of his stature deserves, the statement added.
Source : http://www.dawn.com/news/1267583

United in nominating Abdul sattar edhi to receive the noble peace price

The Edhi Foundation is a non-profit unique social welfare program in Pakistan founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi in 1951 as one man operating from a single room in Karachi. This amazing foundation now has over 300 centers across the country including centers all over the world providing 24 hour emergency assistance across Pakistan and also abroad. The foundation also gave relief to the victims of hurricane Katrina. Some of the many services provided include shelter for the destitute, free hospitals, education, healthcare and orphanages. The value of these necessary services cannot be over-estimated in a nation where 60.3% of the population live on under £2 per day and 40 million people live in poverty. The noble and unassuming man is a living saint who has devoted his life to address both the causes and results of such inequity, is now failing in health. He is worthy of recognition of his remarkable achievements during his life-time and will leave a rare humanitarian legacy to continue long after he is gone. Let's all unite and sign this petition and make sure the Nobel Peace Prize Committee honor this man with the Nobel Peace Price.

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Teens on Social Media - A short brief

Social network sites play an important role in the lives of many people. According to the single person’s thoughts, 60 % of 13-17 years old people have at least one profile on social networking sites and the most of them use more than 2-3 hour per day on social networking site. Social networking sites give opportunities to teenagers who participate with them but on the other hand there are also some sort of risk and it is important for parent to help their children use these sites wisely. There are some benefits like staying connected with friends, develops new social contact, sharing your personal  expressions such as art work, music and political view. It may also involve some risk at the same point like sharing photos or videos, vulnerability to the adults and most important it reduces the amount of physically activity. The overall point which we  about to discuss is about to explore the attitude, behaviour, opinion, knowledge of young people in regarding to the use of internet , social networking site and the  risk involved using internet. The growth of online social networking sites is increasing day by day and the result of the growth of social networking is that is reflected to the increasing number of children and young  people who take part in social network. No doubt, Internet plays a progressively role in the lives of children and young people as they grow older. Overall children, young people lead very busy lives with school and doing different activities. On the other hand, the use of internet will increase with their age .Internet is a source of entertainment, information and education. By using internet, the use of social networking there are many websites that exist on the internet but Facebook is the most popular around the whole world. Children and young people engage three main types of people via social networking, these are include their immediate friend who they have relationship with their Facebook community, then acquaintances, friends of friends where they may not personally know and random add. This seems the smallest group of children and young people interact with. Basically the use of social network for both children and young people is a tool for communication. They spend much of their time thinking about, talking to, and interacting with their friendship groups. The internet can also provide an idea for relaxation and entertainment when at home but we mentioned above young children are very busy. Most important of all through social networking, it becomes a universal means of interaction that almost all teenagers are taking part in. 

As a result, frequency of internet use clearly increases with age. According to broad age group 8-9 year old tend to be very limited. Mostly used these websites during this age interval like Disney, Hannah Montana, firm etc. Their internet use is closely supervised by their parents. In 10-12 years old, children used as a resource for information as well as entertainment. They mostly used parent’s phones for games, watching videos, listening song. The most common was iPod touch. In the age of 13-14, children use their laptop or some family laptop mostly in their bedrooms. Their internet use has become largely a private affair without any family involvement. Mostly used Facebook, Skype, YouTube, Google site on a regularly basis. Parent must have monitoring their children’s behavior and their internet use. In the age of 15-17 year old, teenagers are completely and independently engaged with the internet. They have their own laptops, iPods, and internet enable phones. They access the internet and different sites without any permission of parents. Most of the children are very active in playing games on the internet. Parents should have awareness how to protect their children from online monsters. Teens are bullied and lack of self-awareness increasing day by day due to ignorance of parents. Bundle of monitoring software are available on internet, parents can download spy software to monitor and pay vital role in term of online protections of their kids. 

Liberty gloss up at Bhaiya’s Birthday – let’s make fun

“When somebody will call you sweetly, You will remind a person“ 
 A tribute to Rana Ahmad 

A great man nick as “Bahiya G” Original Rana Ahmad Tayyab Shahid. Rana belongs to Sialkot. Following his Father profession, firstly Ahmad done LLB(hons) and right now he is on his way to Masters in law from UMT Lahore, Pakistan. Meanwhile Rana is practising in High Court. He is just a loyal, intelligent, patient and growing professional in law firm.

He was executive member of Bhai Log, A student council in UOG, Gujrat, Pakistan. Bulk of Alumni and juniors known Rana as name of Bhaiya G. Ahmad was just an honourable and leading personality of this student group of UOG. Last month Bhai Log have had their anniversary. Founder of Bhai Log Malik Tariq common as Jatoi and King Maker, another name of this adorable personality were invited in that anniversary. That was great and awesome management of students. 

25 years gone and what have i done ? Ahmad Tayyab quotes on his Birthday

"You can stop man but you cannot stop a concept", said by Founder of Bhai Log "Jatoi". Well Malik Tariq fills as in Electrical Engineer and have a damn unpredictable personality. Words can't explain him. You want to know about him? Just have a look at his face and that's it, you got everything but nothing. That's why i said we don't need to elaborate his personality. Just let him on his plans.

Well it’s Bhaiya's birthday today at 13 of January 2015. One of our most close friends Shahbaz Ahmad, Yawar Ali and most of most SUST Saqib Omer gave him birthday party at Salt n peeper liberty and liberty gloss up with the smile of birthday boy. He was looking very happy.

 

In night there was a grand party arranged by them in surprise. There were so much arrangement which are not concern to discuss here. You can write up in your comment as guess. We enjoyed very much in that party with our honourable mate Faisal Ali and above mentioned kids (lol) with beloved brother, mate and friend.

lets end this story with official Acclamation "Haiyya Haiyya Ahmad Bhaiya"

GEO Bhaiya. You are always best.