State funeral held for "Pakistan's Mother Theresa"

in #news7 years ago


Great Women Who server humanity in Pakistan for the Cure of Poor People who surviving in disease :(

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Mourners on Saturday attended a state funeral for Ruth Pfau, a German physician and nun who earned international acclaim as ""Pakistan's Mother Theresa"" by devoting her life to the eradication of leprosy in the Muslim-majority nation.:(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTWgVETUZCTJf9PjIkJ12WL2MUpJu1GAVwQF8ggPsb-QWTb31YAOg https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSu6SD7EGi6YfghuaNT7LNsr0-MUybFgJEMNFCaRBbkTyf2lcxa3Qs3ZKsn

Pfau died on Aug. 10 at age 87 in the southern port city of Karachi. State-run television broadcast live footage of her casket being carried by a military guard at the city's St. Patrick's Cathedral :(.

Hundreds of people attended the service at the cathedral, including members of civil society and diplomats. She was later buried in a nearby cemetery, in a funeral attended by President Mamnoon Hussain, army chief Gen. Qamar Javed, senior government officials and Muslim clerics :(. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSE6Pr-kaXPxDm2VLNOLhGPORmYW0hYCRoXMI_SjIdbOCu3Nkbk-w

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God of honor give in Funeral :(