Renowned social worker and the founder of Edhi Foundation Abdul Sattar Edhi fainted due to emotional stress over the killings of innocent people following the funeral prayer of those killed in Turbat incident outside the Karachi Edhi Centre.
He was talking to media after receiving the bodies of 18 people who were gunned down in Turbat, Balochistan on Friday night. He was rushed to hospital, where his condition is stated to be stable. Edhi said that the terrorists had destroyed 18 families. To a query he said that no one from the victims' family had contacted Edhi Foundation for receiving the bodies.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf directed the concerned authorities that best available medical facilities be provided to the renowned social worker. He also directed them to keep him informed about his latest condition. He prayed to the Almighty Allah for early recovery of Edhi.