KARACHI – Bilquis Edhi, who is one of the world’s most eminenthumanitarians and philanthropists, has been shortlisted for the ‘Person ofbi-decadal 2000-2020 Award’ by *Impact Hallmarks*- a UK-based organisation.
Bilquis Edhi’s name has been enlisted among the top 20 personalities fromover 190 countries, objects, and works, having far-extending impacts indiverse fields and extents of human accomplishments.
As per the Edhi Foundation Pakistan and SAARC-ASEAN Post-Doctoral AcademiaDirectorate, *Hallmarks *is carrying out an online opinion poll for theworldwide audience, making it convenient for them to vote for theirbest-loved personality.
The results will be declared on 25 January 2021.
The impact value of 39.6 secures the noble soul third position on thelist, Professor Yanghee Lee with an impact value of 39.8 second, andStephen Soldz top place with 39.9 impact value.
The 73-year-old is a humanitarian, a social worker and one of the avidphilanthropists in Pakistan.
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Widow of late Abdul Sattar Edhi, nicknamed as ‘the mother of Pakistan’lived a frugal life and served humanity regardless of any discrimination.She heads the ‘Bilquis Edhi Foundation’ that runs many services inPakistan, including a hospital and emergency service in Karachi.
Pragmatically speaking, following the footsteps of her late husband, shehas dedicated her life to the service to mankind.
In the recognition of her philanthropic initiatives, she was awarded withthe prestigious ‘Hilal-e-Imtiaz’ and the ‘Ramon Magsaysay Award for PublicService’ in 1986. Besides several other awards, she is also the recipientof the ‘Lenin Peace Prize.’
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