Rest in peace: Laldin laid to rest with 10,000 in attendance

He had served as director of a missionary hospital for 40 years

MULTAN: Rights activist and philanthropist Younas Laldin was laid to rest in Multan on Friday. He had passed away on Thursday.

Laldin was the director of Women’s Christian Hospital and chairman of the Fellowship of Brethren. He had served Christian missionary hospitals for over 45 years.

Shaukat Ashfaqtold The Express Tribune that Laldin had always called for interfaith harmony.

He said Lalddin believed in serving the people and promoting interfaith harmony through practical action. “He served thousands of people who will never know him and he did it without any discrimination.”

Born in 1945 in Sialkot, Laldin worked as administrator of a Christian missionary school before he joined the Women’s Christian Hospital in Multan. He worked there for 40 years.

He had also served as principal of a nursing school in Quetta for five years.

He had been diagnosed with cancer three years ago.

Nearly 10,000 people attended the final death ceremony.

He is survived by a son and three daughters. His wife had died in a car accident last year.

Peter Massey, the new director of the hospital, said Lalddin had left a huge void that would never been filled.

“His services for the society and for the country will never be forgotten,” he said.

“We will try to keep his legacy of promoting the message of tolerance and peace through medical service,” he said. He said the hospital was the largest missionary hospital in south Punjab. His son, Zeeshan, said that his father had been a natural leader and believed in a health society.

“He believed that there should be no discrimination when it came to health,” he said. “He was always trying to mitigate miseries of those in need. He seemed tireless.”

Published in The Express Tribune, May 2^nd, 2015.