Anwar Khokhar

Anwar Ali Khokhar
Born1942
Minan village, Qambar, Sindh, British India
DiedMarch 18, 2024(2024-03-18) (aged 81–82)
Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan
CitizenshipPakistani
OccupationBarber

Anwar Ali Khokhar (1942–2024) was a Pakistani philanthropist and barber who founded Khidmat-i-Masoom Welfare Trust. Through his trust, he helped abandoned, missing, homeless children, and elderly people.

Khokhar was born in 1942 in Qamber Shadadkot, Larkana.

In 2003, Khokhar was awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz for his services, which included reuniting some 8,500 missing children with their parents.

References

  1. ↑ "Famous social worker Haji Ali Anwar Khokhar passed away". UrduPoint. Associated Press of Pakistan. March 18, 2024.
  2. ↑ Levy, Adrian; Scott-Clark, Cathy (June 24, 2011). "Pakistan's unlikely crime fighter". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. 1 2 Newspaper, the (December 29, 2010). "Barber who has reunited 8,500 missing children with parents". DAWN.COM.
  4. ↑ "Positive Pakistanis: A rock for the forgotten". The Express Tribune. March 18, 2011.