Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of Bilquis Edhi, a Pakistani humanitarian activist, in Karachi and said that her lifelong dedication to humanitarian work touched people’s lives across the globe. Bilquis Bano Edhi passed away at a private hospital in Karachi on Friday. She was 74.

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“My sincere condolences on the passing of Bilquis Edhi. Her lifelong dedication to humanitarian work touched people’s lives across the globe. People in India, too, remember her fondly. May her soul rest in peace,” PM Modi tweeted on Saturday.

Bilquis worked shoulder to shoulder with her husband in establishing the Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation, a welfare organisation that gained worldwide fame for its humanitarian work in many areas.