Edhi 'under threat' from TTP

KARACHI: Revered social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi has been given round-the-clock protection against an alleged Taliban threat, officials said on Friday. Edhi, 85, runs the country's largest charity, which operates hundreds of ambulances and shelters for women, children and the destitute. For the first time he has round-the-clock police protection in Karachi. "There is a threat to him by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which wants to kidnap him and use him to get their detained militant... more

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