ISLAMABAD: Saad Edhi, the son of Faisal Edhi and grandson of legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, donated $100,000 on behalf of the Edhi Foundation to the victims of a deadly earthquake that struck Indonesia on Sept. 28.
“We will be starting a fundraising campaign next week to extend as much help as possible to the victims of the disastrous tsunami,” Edhi told Arab News.
Indonesia was struck by the tsunami after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook the world’s 11th largest island, Sulawesi. According to a census carried out in 2000, the Indonesian island plays host to 7.25 percent of the country’s entire population.
The powerful earthquake wiped out buildings, killing more than 2,000 people with search parties still trying to find victims feared buried under the rubble, mud and debris.
Saad, accompanied by his father, Faisal Edhi, and mother, handed over the donations to the Indonesian Consul General Dempo Awang Yuddie at the Indonesian Consulate in Karachi on Tuesday.
Abdul Sattar Edhi, a famous Pakistani philanthropist and humanitarian, founded the Edhi Foundation in 1951.
The foundation now runs the largest volunteer ambulance network in the world, along with homeless shelters, orphanages, animal shelters and rehabilitation centers across Pakistan. Since his death on July 8, 2016, the Edhi Foundation has been run primarily by his son Faisal and grandson Saad.
Edhi foundation donates $100,000 to Indonesian tsunami victims
Edhi foundation donates $100,000 to Indonesian tsunami victims
- A fundraising campaign is beginning next week, spearheaded by the Edhi Foundation
- The powerful earthquake has killed more than 2,000 people in Indonesia with search parties still trying to find survivors
Pakistan urges Afghan rulers to ‘rid their soil of terrorists’ at regional meeting in Tehran
- Iran hosts meeting of special representatives on Afghanistan from Pakistan, China, Russia, Central Asian countries
- Pakistan alleges militants use Afghan soil to launch attacks against it, charges the Afghan Taliban deny repeatedly
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s special envoy on Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq urged rulers in Kabul on Sunday to rid their soil of “terrorists,” saying the move would inspire confidence in its neighbors to engage with the country.
Sadiq, who is Pakistan’s special representative to Afghanistan, was part of a high-level meeting hosted by Iran in Tehran to discuss issues related to Afghanistan. The meeting featured Afghan affairs representatives from Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China and Russia, Iranian state news agency IRNA said.
Pakistan blames a surge in attacks on its soil on militants it says are based in Afghanistan, a charge Kabul denies. The allegations have caused tensions between the neighbors to rise, resulting in deadly border clashes in October that saw dozens of soldiers killed on both sides.
“It is imperative that the current de facto rulers [in Afghanistan] take steps to ameliorate their suffering,” Sadiq wrote on social media platform X.
“And the foremost step in this regard would be to rid their soil indiscriminately of all types of terrorists.”
Sadiq said he agreed with other participating countries during the meeting that the “threat of terrorism” originating from Afghanistan’s soil is a “big challenge” for the region.
“Also made this point that only an Afghanistan that does not harbor terrorists will inspire confidence in the neighboring and regional countries to meaningfully engage with Afghanistan, helping to realize the country’s immense economic and connectivity potential,” he concluded.
Officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan engaged in three rounds of peace talks in Türkiye, Qatar and Saudi Arabia since the October clashes but were unable to reach an agreement.
While Pakistan has vowed it would go after militants in Afghanistan that threaten it, Kabul has said it would retaliate to any act of aggression from Islamabad.
