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Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan (son of Khan Sahib Amir Ahmad Khan) was the founder of the Orangi Pilot Project in Pakistan and also the Comilla Rural Academy in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He was born into a cultured family in 1914 and died on October 09, 1999. Dr. Khan was a very simple and straightforward person who devoted his life to the uplifting of poor Pakistanis. It didnt matter whether he was serving the poor community, meeting the President or a high Government offical, or receiving an award, he always wore the same, simple clothes made of Khaddar (rough and cheap cloth).

 

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