KARACHI:The funeral prayer of Bilquis Edhi was offered at Memon Masjid in Karachi on Saturday. She was laid to rest in the city’s Mewa Shah graveyard amid glowing tribute from all sections of society.

A large number of people including Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, members of provincial cabinet and other high officials attended the funeral prayer. Bilquis Bano Edhi passed away due to protracted illness in Karachi on Friday. She was a great social worker, mother of orphans and wife of great philanthropist and humanist Abdul Sattar Edhi. The National Assembly on Saturday passed a resolution expressing deep grief and sorrow over the death of philanthropist Bilquis Edhi.

The resolution moved by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari paid rich tributes to the services rendered by Bilquis Edhi for the marginalized segments of the society. It recognized that Bilquis Edhi worked tirelessly beside her illustrious husband for over fifty years building and running charity hospitals, orphanages and morgues. It noted that the philanthropists such as Bilquis Edhi are a blessing for any nation.

Extending condolences to the Edhi family, the resolution suggested that Bilquis Edhi be posthumously awarded the highest civil award. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday attended the funeral prayer of great social worker and philanthropist Bilquis Edhi along with his cabinet members at Memon Masjid.

Sindh CM attends funeral of Bilquis Edhi

The provincial government has issued an official obituary on the said demise of Bilquis Edhi. The government issued a notification which reads as “Government of Sindh shares the grief and expresses its heartfelt condolences on the said demise of the most active philanthropist and Co-Chair of Edhi Foundation, Mrs. Bilquis Ban Edhi widow of Renowned Philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi (Late).

The Sindh government issued another notification to announce one day’s mourning on 16′ April, 2022 throughout the province of Sindh. The chief minister visited Edhi Center when the body of Bilquis Edhi was shifted there and offered condolences with her son Faisal Edhi.

Sindh Chief Minister paying rich tribute to Bilquis Edhi said that her services for humanity would be written in golden words on the annals of history. She played a motherly role in nurturing unwanted babies, shelterless women and children. “May Allah rest her soul in eternal peace,” he prayed for her.