Dear Sir, 

Abdul Sattar Edhi, who died aged 88 on Friday, leaves behind a legacy of humility, selfless service and steadfastness. He will remain a source of motivation and inspiration for people everywhere, irrespective of their creed, colour and race.
The dearth of resources never weakened his ambition to create the world’s largest ambulance network with around 2,000 vehicles, 300 maternity centres, countless old-age homes, orphanages, shelters for refugees and a 24-hour helpline service.
His unlimited and unbiased passion for humanity took him all over the world to ease human suffering.
He unleashed the human potential to transform the entire society into a productive hub; for example, he motivated young girls to join the nursing and teaching profession to become self-reliant, while inspiring them to carry on the humanitarian mission forward.
The way he changed the lives of countless vulnerable people was amazing and heart touching, all part of his vision to make our world a better and peaceful place to live in.
Starting from one room, spreading to a whole country and then beyond its borders to other states, his charity movement spread its wings. This reflected his vision about a humanity which does not recognise any racial, geographical and religious differences.
The need of the hour is to make his vision an agenda for the whole world and to create harmony and peace among all nations.
His life was his message. And now his cherished work needs to be carried forward and beyond boundaries to serve the entire humanity. May God rest him in peace and also guide us to follow in his footsteps.


Raashid Khawaja 
Barwa City 
Abu Hamour, Doha 


Improve seating 
arrangements 


Dear Sir,


I would like to bring to Qatar Cricket Board’s attention the fact that the seating arrangements at the recently-concluded match between Qatar Stars and Pakistan Stars were not up to the mark. Most seats were dirty and dusty.
Considering that the entry ticket cost QR25 each, this should have been looked into before the matches.
When we approached a security person about the problem, he replied that we should have brought a paper to put on the seat before sitting! Great idea!
I would like to request to Cricket Board authorities to be more professional in the organisation of future matches.
We expect to witness an international cricket match very soon in Qatar with well-planned arrangements.


M T M Asmeer
(e-mail address supplied)