Robert Burns Award: Aid worker killed in Pakistan nominated

Khalil Dale has been shortlisted for the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award.

Khalil Dale, the British Red Cross worker who was killed in Pakistan last year, has been shortlisted for the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award, according to the daily record.

The award recognises a group or individual who has saved, improved or enriched the lives of others, through personal self-sacrifice, selfless service or charitable work. York-born Dale, from Dumfries in Scotland, first began working for the Red Cross in Kenya in 1981, and dedicated 30 years of his life to helping others.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 11^th, 2013.