Dr. Ruth Pfau, a German-born medical missionary who was hailed as the “Mother Teresa of Pakistan” for her pivotal role in containing leprosy there. Dr. Ruth came to Pakistan here at the dawn of a young nation, looking to make lives better for those afflicted by disease, and in doing so, found herself a home. | Strategic Research Institute - SRI

We celebrate the life of Dr. Ruth Pfau this Women’s History Month! Also known as the “Mother Teresa of Pakistan”, Dr. Pfau came to Karachi in 1961 and made the city her home. She dedicated her life to helping leprosy patients across Pakistan, and in the process giving hundreds of thousands of people a chance at a happy and healthy life. Due to her contributions, the World Health Organization declared Pakistan as one of the first countries in Asia to have controlled leprosy in 1996. Watch Dr. Rut

90K views · 783 reactions | Who was Dr. Ruth Pfau? She was also known as the Mother Teresa of Pakistan and tributes are pouring in for this German born nun who spent more than half a century in Pakistan battling leprosy and helping the country's most vulnerable people. | Paper Plane | Facebook

Students of Ruth Pfau Girls Inter College Sultanabad Gilgit threaten to protest for lack of access road to college and other facilities Shared by Abdul Rahman Bukhari | PAMIR TIMES