Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has nominated social worker and philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi for world’s most prestigious award Nobel Prize for his services. Edhi is head of the Edhi Foundation, the world’s largest ambulance help service and charity.
He received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. He is also the recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize and the Balzan Prize. Edhi is a Muslim of the Memon community.
The Institute of Business Administration, the first business school of the Pakistan, conferred a degree of Doctor of Social Service Management (11 November 2006), saying that the great national hero and all time legend Abdul Sattar Edhi deserved that for his unparalleled services to mankind. Also, on September 22, 2010 Edhi was awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate by the University of Bedfordshire.
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