Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Abdul Sattar Edhi

The lums student body had the privilege of having renowned philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi come to LUMS and talk about his extensive work experience and give advice on how we can contribute to the betterment of those around us.

Edhi is now approaching 80 years of age, he has done so much for the community despite very modest beginnings. That is why he has become a renowned and trusted name all across the country and to whom people give in complete trust. Under his leadership the worlds largest volunteer run ambulance service of over 160 ambulances provides services all across Pakistan.

His speech on the day was quite strong and direct. He made no qualms on describing the business world being full of hypocrites and greedy people who did not care about the right if the fellow beings rather focused only on their own selfish desires. The bad part about the audience was that we were all MBA students and sadly perhaps none of us will be joining the social sector and such endearing personalities will be forced to work with workers who have minimal education and have found no other place to work.

Edhi is one of the biggest heroes for me. I hope more people follow in his footsteps and as per his suggestions/insight set up community centers which help support their localities. wait..isn't that what mosques are supposed to do?

6 comments:

Unknown said...

And not to forget that he called us MBAs... Shaitan kay dalal...

sajjad said...

hehe..so he is an honest person!

asaaki said...
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Anonymous said...

wait..isn't that what mosques are supposed to do?

wow. you said it. but mosques could only do it if they mattered more to people than insignificant buildings to be visited for a few minutes when you felt like it, and avoided at all other times. but in a country with a "moderate Islamic" state, nope, they're not supposed to do anything. Apart from getting burnt and blasted maybe.

sajjad said...

well said anonymous..
its sad that we have completely wasted all the useful benefits islam offers through it way of life. but the question is what needs to be done to put things back in order?

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