Impact Hallmarks (IH) on Friday has declared the noted philanthropist andhumanitarian, Bilquis Edhi, as the ‘Person of the Decade’.

According to the spokesperson for the Edhi Foundation, Bilquis Bano Edhihas won the title of ‘the Most Impactful Person of the Bidecadal 2000-2020’along with the UN rapporteur on human rights Professor Yanghee Lee, andthe American ethicist Stephen Soldz.——————————

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The three had segmented the top of the decade’s IH and had stood out on thelist that had the names of renowned personalities in diverse fields from190 countries.

Bilquis Edhi, who is also called the ‘Mother of Pakistan’ runs the BilquisEdhi Foundation and has spent over six decades of her life servinghumanity. She has saved more than 42,000 unwanted babies by relocating themto Edhi homes across the country.——————————

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She has been bestowed several prestigious awards in the past including theHilal-e-Imtiaz, the Lenin Peace Prize, the Mother Teresa MemorialInternational Award for Social Justice (2015), and the Ramon MagsaysayAward for Public Service.