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PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Destitute street children wait their turn for food outside one of the Edhi Centres. 1997 - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Elections. Women voting. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Elections. Women voting. 1997.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Lakana. Benazir BHUTTO at an election rally at her home town of Lakana. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Lakana. Benazir BHUTTO at an election rally at her home town of Lakana. 1997.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Ghinwa BHUTTO, widow of Benizer's murdered brother Murtaza. His portrait is in the background. 1 - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Ghinwa BHUTTO, widow of Benizer's murdered brother Murtaza. His portrait is in the background. 1

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Supporters of Nawaz SHARIF at a rally in Bakkar. 1996. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Supporters of Nawaz SHARIF at a rally in Bakkar. 1996.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Elections. Supporter of Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim league. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Elections. Supporter of Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim league. 1997.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. An orphan girl turns on the light in the prayer room, decorated with a picture of Mecca, at her orphanage run by the Edhi Foundation. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Nawaz SHARIF, campaigning prior to the elections. 1996. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Nawaz SHARIF, campaigning prior to the elections. 1996.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Benazir BHUTTO leader of the Pakistan People's party. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Benazir BHUTTO leader of the Pakistan People's party.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Nawaz SHARIF, leader of Pakistan Muslim league. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Nawaz SHARIF, leader of Pakistan Muslim league. 1997.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Karachi. Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Playing cricket with a makeshift bat at a boys orphanage outside Karachi, known as Edhi village. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Karachi. Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. A Nigerian smuggler (left) was rendered insane after a packet of drugs burst while being carried in his stomach. The inmate on the right constantly mutilates himself. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. A woman with advanced breast cancer in a hostel run by the Edhi Foundation. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Supporters of Nawaz Sharif 1997 - Chris Steele-Perkins

Supporters of Nawaz Sharif 1997

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Courtyard of the mental hospital run by the Edhi Foundation. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Bilquise, Edhi's wife, is herself a remarkable woman and plays a major role in the success of the Edhi Foundation, in particular running the womens' homes. Here the couple are greeted by some Bengali women from Bangladesh who have been abandoned in Pakistan and cannot get visas or passports to return. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Lahore. Imran Khan campaigning. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Lahore. Imran Khan campaigning. 1997.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Orphaned children, many mentally or physically handicapped, in one of the Edhi Foundation's many orphanages - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Ghinwa BHUTTO, at an election rally in Dokri - Chris Steele-Perkins

Ghinwa BHUTTO, at an election rally in Dokri

PAKISTAN. 1997. - IMRAN KHAN signing a cricket bat for a supporter. - Chris Steele-Perkins

IMRAN KHAN signing a cricket bat for a supporter.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Edhi holds one of the mentally handicapped children his foundation looks after. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife hav...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. A mentally disturbed child waits for medication in a hospital run by the Edhi Foundation. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Elections. Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim league. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Elections. Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim league. 1997.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Supporters of Nawaz SHARIF at a rally in Bakkar. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Supporters of Nawaz SHARIF at a rally in Bakkar.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Girls in an orphanage in Karachi. The orphanage was a luxury villa donated to the Edhi Foundation by a wealthy admirer. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Orphaned children, many mentally or physically handicapped, in one of the Edhi Foundations' many orphanages. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Elections. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Elections. 1997.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Destitute men come to one of the Edhi centres where they are fed. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Every Friday Edhi makes a visit to a number of his institutions. Here he greets mentally disturbed children. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Edhi is warmly greeted by destitute women at one of his homes. He is frequently refered to by the title Maulana, meaning religious scholar or leader, which he vigoursly rejects. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Benazir BHUTTO with her mother at an election rally. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Benazir BHUTTO with her mother at an election rally.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. The man in glasses, Mohammed Kahn (60) came to Karachi from Islamabad 2 years ago to earn money for his family. He is a retired government employee. In Karachi he sleeps in the street or at a shrine in a bazzar. He was picked up by the police and brought to the Edhi Village as a vagrant. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Supporters selling rosettes and other ephemera of BENAZIR BHUTTO and her father. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Supporters selling rosettes and other ephemera of BENAZIR BHUTTO and her father.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. One of the more violent inmates is chained to protect the others while another bathes in the light. The hospital for mentally ilI is run by the Edhi Foundation. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. One of the mental patients in the hospital run by the Edhi Foundation. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Imran KHAN praying at a mosque in Lahore. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Imran KHAN praying at a mosque in Lahore.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN Elections. Women voting. 1997 - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN Elections. Women voting. 1997

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. At a mental hospital run by the Edhi Foundation, a girl helper holds the arm of one of the more disturbed patients. Many of the helpers are girls who have been rescued by Edhi from prostitution, drugs, destitution or violent marriages. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Elections. Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim league. On the campaign trail. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Elections. Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim league. On the campaign trail. 1997.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Physically and mentally handicapped looked after by the Edhi Foundation. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Hospital for the handicapped. One of the patients is carried back to bed. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Unclaimed corpses are collected by the Edhi Foundation and given a proper burial when no-one else will. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - IMRAN KHAN, former cricketer and now leader of the Justice Movement. - Chris Steele-Perkins

IMRAN KHAN, former cricketer and now leader of the Justice Movement.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Supporters of Imran Khan at a rally in Lahore. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Supporters of Imran Khan at a rally in Lahore.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Abdul Sattar EDHI at his office in Karachi. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN. Elections. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN. Elections. 1997.

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. Orphaned children, many mentally or physically handicapped, in one of the Edhi Foundations' many orphanages. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transfor...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - PAKISTAN Karachi. Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his wife have transformed the humanitarian landscape of Pakistan. In a country crippled by corruption he created a self-help organisation. An organisation that helps hundreds every day from donations from the general public. He has gained no personal benefit from it other than the satisfaction of his work. Karachi. On Fridays Edhi (left) helps bath and disinfect mentally handicapped at one of his homes. 1997. - Chris Steele-Perkins

PAKISTAN Karachi. Abdul Sattar EDHI was sometimes referred to as the Mother Teresa of Karachi, but the enormity of his achievement is hard to grasp. He and his ...

PAKISTAN. 1997. - Nawaz SHARIF, leader of Pakistan Muslim league arriving at rally in Shargodah. 1996. - Chris Steele-Perkins

Nawaz SHARIF, leader of Pakistan Muslim league arriving at rally in Shargodah. 1996.

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