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    Pakistani humanitarian Bilquis Edhi has died

    She was the widow of Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of Pakistan's best-known social services network. A nurse, she worked alongside her husband and focused especially on the welfare of children and women.
    by Hannah Bloch Apr 15, 2022 1 minute
    Bilquis Edhi watched over abandoned children in cradles at the Edhi orphanage in Karachi in 2010. Over the years, thousands of children have been left in the network of cradles outside Edhi centers she set up across Pakistan.

    Bilquis Edhi, a noted Pakistani humanitarian, died in Karachi on Friday at age 74.

    Edhi worked side by side with her late husband Abdul Sattar Edhi, the founder of Pakistan's best-known , and was a major force in helping Pakistan's

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