[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[PAKISTANI MUSIC]
BASIM USMANI: While we were filming in Karachi, our shoot
took one dark turn after another.
Things just got heavier and heavier.
But we met one person in the midst of all this chaos that
gave us hope.
His name is Abdul Sattar Edhi.
And he is to Karachi what Mother Teresa was to the poor
of Calcutta.
As the founder of the Edhi Foundation, the largest
welfare organization in Pakistan, he's opened over 300
centers across the country, run by more than 3,500
workers, plus thousands of volunteers, providing medical
aid, family planning, and emergency assistance.
The Edhi Foundation has also made donations towards
disaster relief around the world, including to victims of
Hurricane Katrina in the US.
They rely entirely on donations, and avoid political
or religious affiliation.
We got a chance to meet with this living legend in Karachi.
Edhi is one of the most important
public figures in Pakistan.
But recently there were reports that he was being
targeted by the Taliban.
So now, against his own wishes, he has round the clock
police security.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
ABDUL SATTAR EDHI: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
BASIM USMANI: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
ABDUL SATTAR EDHI: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
BASIM USMANI: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
ABDUL SATTAR EDHI: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
BASIM USMANI: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
ABDUL SATTAR EDHI: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
BASIM USMANI: We all piled into an Edhi ambulance and
headed to Lyari.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
ABDUL SATTAR EDHI: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
BASIM USMANI: Once word got out that Edhi had arrived in
Lyari for a visit, hundreds of locals came out
to pay their respects.
And it's no wonder.
Edhi's like a superhero, and he's incorruptible.
While we were in Karachi, he was the only person who gave
us hope for this city.
ABDUL SATTAR EDHI: [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[PAKISTANI MUSIC]