“My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.”

— Abdul Sattar Edhi

quote published in Pakistan Studies Journal Pakistaniaat ( Vol. 3 No.2 of 2011 http://pakistaniaat.org/index.php/pak/article/view/129/129/). Retrieved on July 20, 2016

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