CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ramzan Chhipa is one eminent philanthropist of Pakistan. Due to his selfless services to humankind, he has been awarded Sitara e Imtiaz. He founded Chhipa Welfare Association; a renowned welfare association in Pakistan acknowledged for its welfare work and ambulance services.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the world’s largest volunteer ambulance network in Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation. Unlike wealthy individuals that fund charities in their names, Edhi dedicated his life to the poor from the age of 20, when he himself was penniless in Karachi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Abdul Sattar Edhi was a Pakistani philanthropist who built a nationwide network of humanitarian centres offering a wide range of life-saving services to the people of Pakistan. Edhi began his humanitarian work in 1947, soon after partition, with just $500.