9 People Who Gave Everything To Pakistan But We Never Cared

1. Abdul Sattar Edhi

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Abdul Sattar Edhi, is a prominent Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian. He is the founder and head of the Edhi Foundation, the largest non-profit social welfare organization in world. Edhi has been helping the destitute and sick for more than 60 years, filling the hole left by a state that has largely neglected the welfare of its citizens. Funded by donations from fellow citizens, his 250 centers across the country take in orphans, the mentally ill, unwanted newborns, drug addicts, the homeless, the sick and the aged.

2. Bilquis Edhi

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Bilquis Bano Edhi wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi, is a professional nurse and one of the most active philanthropists in Pakistan. She’s called "The Mother of Pakistan". She heads the Bilquis Edhi Foundation. 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.

3. Agha Hasan Abedi

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In Pakistan, Abedi was seen as a modern Robin Hood, taking from the West and giving to the Third World. His bank built hospitals and schools in Pakistan, and the BCCI foundation gave millions of dollars in scholarships and research grants. Many of us who don’t know about MR.AGHA HASAN ABEDI also known as “Agha Sahab” born in Lucknow (India), in a family of noble descent. When banks in Pakistan were nationalised in 1972, Agha went on to start theBank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI). Agha made sure that a majority of the employees were Pakistani nationals. Agha was a visionary. He donated Rs100 million to form the BCCI Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST) in 1980 to promote computer science in Pakistan. The year 2000 saw this foundation create FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences. Moreover, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI) was also a brainchild of the same man.**

  1. Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Chhipa**

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He is the man behind Chhipa welfare trust and is easily recongisable by his attire. Ramzan Chhipa is one of the leading philanthropists in Pakistan whose love for humanity forced him to leave everything else and dedicate his life for the poor and needy with the priority to serve and save human. His work initially focused on Karachi is now nationwide and has the largest Ambulance fleet. Ramzan Chhipa has established a network of centers to provide services in case of any emergency.**

  1. Ansar Burney**

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Ansar Burney needs no introduction. He is one man who is respected for what he does and what he stands for. Mr. Burney is a lawyer by profession and is Pakistan’s first human rights activist who stood up against brutalities against prisoners in Pakistani jails in 1980s. He has helped over 700, innocent prisoners from countries all around the world. These include persons locked up on false charges, those released from illegal prisons, sane persons illegally detained in mental asylums, illegal immigrants and those released from labor camps.. His work is not bounded by boarders, but truly linked with humanity. Ansar Burney is considered instrumental in stopping child abuse and human trafficking in to Middle East, where women were forced into prostitution and children used as camel jockeys.**

  1. Saylani Welfare Trust**

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Saylani Welfare International Trust is a Pakistani charity focusing primarily on feeding the homeless. It was established in May 1999 and is headquartered at Bahdurabad, Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded and headed by famous spiritual and religious scholarMaulana Bashir Farooq Qadri. With an estimated monthly expenditure of Pakistani Rupees above 30 million, Saylani Trust, provides food twice a day to more than 30,000 poor people through its 100 centers (generally known as Dastar-Khawan), most of them are serving in Karachi. Distribution of CNG rickshaws among the jobless citizens of Karachi in April, 2011 with the help of prominent business community of Karachi was the turning point in its popularity. **

  1. Imran Khan**

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Khan focused his efforts solely on social work. By 1991, he had founded the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, a charity organisation bearing the name of his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum. As the Trust’s maiden endeavour, Khan established Pakistan’s first and only cancer hospital, constructed using donations and funds exceeding $25 million, raised by Khan from all over the world. The hospital claims that 75 percent of its patients are being treated free of cost. In 2013, the hospital admitted 9,211 new cancer patients while the hospital recorded nearly 175,000 visits of cancer patients in the outpatient department. About 33,783 patients received chemotherapy and 53,451 got radiation treatment in 2013.

8.Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood
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Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood (30 June 1880 - 27 January 1948) was a renowned businessman and philanthropist in British India and later Pakistan. Accumulating significant wealth, Adamjee went on to establish schools, colleges and hospitals in various parts of India and Burma. A philanthropist to the core, Adamjee never refused to support a deserving cause. In 1933, realizing the overriding need for education in his own ethnic Gujarati Memon community, he established the Memon Education & Welfare Society (MEWS) to support the financially deprived students. His charitable activities were greatly appreciated by Muslims in India and they demanded that he be officially recognized for it.**

  1. Shehzad Roy**

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In 2002, Shehzad established Zindagi Trust, a non-governmental, non-profit organisation that strives to improve the quality of education available to the average Pakistani. In 2003, the Trust pioneered the concept of I-am-paid-to-learn, a non-profit that offers working children an alternative to child labour; makes them aware of their rights as children, as workers and as citizens. With nearly 1800 students in schools across Pakistan, a 2.2-year accelerated primary education course is taught to the children who spend most of their days working in car-repair shops & other general stores in Karachi, Lahore & Rawalpindi. The programme also sponsors the continuing education of top graduates who are encouraged to enroll in mainstream secondary schools.

انکل جی یہ پاکستان بگاڑنے والوں کی لسٹ نہیں ہے اس لئے آپ کو باپ بیٹی یا کسی اور رشتےدار کے نام نظر نہیں آ رہے.

No Dr Salaam or Malala in the list?

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The only person I feel truly deserves praise is Agha Abedi, as for the rest, remember their ventures are being sponsored by charity of ordinary citizens, so ordinary citizens deserve the same praise. And one can't really say, we didnt care, its coz of the care that their projects are running.

Ansar burney is a questionable character.

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abhi iss ki care nehin ki. karooron rupey dance party per laga diye. buhet he bara joke mar dia yeh to :omg:

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mein bilkul u sey mutafiq hon :cobra: oper diye giey mein sey aksar ko ser per to bitha rakha hey awam ney aor kia chahiye :sunnyboy:

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Exactly my thoughts, Agha sb is the only person who belong to this list, for rest of the persons, they are appreciated hence still im business.

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Person who opened SIUT? forgot the name

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Dr. Adeeb Rizvi!

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Shezad Roy is on the list, but Dr Abdus Salam isnt ?

And where is Malala?

The world recognizes both these people, but Pakistanis cant even recognize them on a thread MADE for the express purpose of recognizing such people !!!!!

Is there a joke somewhere that im not in on ?

ps. Satar Edhi is probably one of the most recognized names in all of Pakistan... He has his name on all ambulances. Celebrities line up to visit him.

  Imran Khan's party heads an entire province. If the Durna wasnt enough to prove that people care about him, I dont know what is.

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I am sorry but i don't know why Malala needs to be on any such lists? She is a brave girl and we should all appreciate her courage but no on ground performance to talk about. Shehzad Roy is not just a singer, he is doing amazing job to support street kids and promotes education.

Dr Abdus Salam is in different category, it's such a shame he doesn't get any appreciation at all. I doubt it's gonna change any time soon sadly!

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I don't hate Malala and heck, I would rather her take over PPP instead of bilawal, but what real difference has she made in Pakistan? I don't any real progress that malala foundation has made in Pakistan like shahzad roy does with his school project.

As for Imran, he has gotten recognition in Pakistan by becoming a big opposition leader and ruling KP. None of the others did.

As for abdus salam, I think that he only contributed to the nuclear program at PAEC, but nonetheless, it would be a big contribution considering the viability of the nuclear program to Pakistan's safety.

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Fantastic work. It's sad I haven't heard of most of these names. Recently learned of salani folks.

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Agha Hasan Abedi belongs in this list? He and his bank looted millions of people’s hard earned money, laudered drug money and provided Pakistani prostitutes for the consumption of its rich clients.

BCCI CLIENTS OFFERED PROSTITUTES, HILL TOLD - The Washington Post

“Drug-money laundering, bribery, arms merchants and noteworthy politicians. The global scandal of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International had almost everything it needed to be a major motion picture – except sex. Now it has that, too.Nazir Chinoy, former head of BCCI’s French and African operations, testified yesterday before a Senate subcommittee that the international bank’s Pakistan office regularly arranged for teenage girls to be brought in from the countryside to “take care of any personal needs” of the wealthy Middle Eastern clients of the bank.
When Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) asked Chinoy whether the 15-, 16- and 17-year-old girls were procured as prostitutes, Chinoy smiled. “Yes, sir,” he said. “They’re referred to as singing and dancing girls in Pakistan.”
Providing prostitutes for BCCI customers was handled by the “protocol department” in BCCI’s Pakistan office, where the primary responsibility was to look after wealthy clients and princely families who came to Pakistan. The department spent about $6 million and employed about 450 people in 1988, including 100 chauffeurs and numerous gardeners and cooks, in addition to the young girls, he said.”

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Nasir Chinoy is a liar. Jackson denied his allegation. I can not trust the credibility of this news. Full of lie.

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Abdus Salam belongs here because he is the only Pakistani to have won the Noble, also the first Muslim up to that point to have won ( I think)... He would have contributed far more but for all the religous nonsense. Also nalaik Pakistani leaders lacking any vision or reason shot him down.

Perhaps you should give points for effort aswell. Regardless of whether Dr Salam or Mallala have had or will have an impact on the ground, their efforts in that regard should be recognized. So its not for lack of effort.

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To me the topic of this thread is demeaning to the people of Pakistan i.e. 'we never cared' especially considering some of the folks in the list who were philanthropists. Had it not been for the people of Pakistan, some of these on this list would not have been able to do what landed them on this list. When Imran Khan was building SKT, keep in mind it was the people (many of them average household women) that donated not just money but even their jewelry with a fervor unseen before. This is something that I have seen with my own eyes, and it is very cold to see a statement like 'we never cared'. Also, keep in mind that some of these philanthropists rely on their celebrity status for their charity work, and they have no one but the people to thank for the fame and resources that landed them lucrative careers which helped them achieve success in philanthropy.

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I guess a new question is raised here.....

Is celebrity/fame something that fans should be thanked for or is it the result of someone's talent?
Do Khan and Roy get attention because they are talented or because they have done good for the people?

Furthermore....if they have "used" their celebrity status to do good, does that disqualify them from being praised because their accomplishment was "easily" achieved?

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Firstly, Muzna long time no see. Good to see you here!

I for one believe they are very talented, and had it not been for the talent they would not have had those fans showing all that love and trust. I would not think it disqualifies them from getting showered with praises, but at the same time one should not discredit the masses that really helped them make a difference by saying they never cared. To me, it would be more apt to limit it to just: "9 People Who Gave Everything To Pakistan".

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Nice to see you too!!
Special place in my heart for the original members.

Agree with your sentiment that these 9 definitely gave whatever they could to Pakistan. Just recognize their contribution as that.
But I have to say.....those that started with nothing and still gave everything....those are heroes.