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.[1][2] Through his trust, he helped abandoned, missing, homeless children, and elderly people.[3]

Khokhar was born in 1942 in Qamber Shadadkot, Larkana.[4]

In 2003, Khokhar was awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz for his services.[3]

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.


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