Mourners attended a state funeral for Ruth Pfau, a German physician and nun who earned international acclaim as “Pakistan's Mother Theresa” by devoting her life to the eradication of leprosy in the country. Pfau died on August 10 at age 87 in Karachi. State-run and private television broadcast live footage of her casket being carried by a military guard at the city's St. Patrick's Cathedral. Hundreds of people attended the service at the cathedral, including members of civil society and diplomats. She was later buried in a nearby cemetery, in a funeral attended by President Mamnoon Hussain, senior government and military officials and Muslim clerics.
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