KARACHI: Mother Teresa of Pakistan Dr. Ruth Pfau had made three final wishes before her demise. According to reports, the first wish of Dr. Pfau was that she did not wanted to be treated on a ventilator. Her second wish was that her dead body should be brought to Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, the hospital...

According to reports, the first wish of Dr. Pfau was that she did not wanted to be treated on a ventilator.

Her second wish was that her dead body should be brought to Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, the hospital of which she was in charge.

Her third and final wish was that she wanted to be buried in a red dress.

Ruth Pfau, a German nun who devoted her life to combating leprosy in Pakistan, died in Karachi on August 15 at the age of 87.

Pfau, who was known locally as Pakistan's Mother Teresa, came to the southern port city of Karachi in 1960 and spent half a century taking care of some of the country's sickest and poorest people.

She was the founder of Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre in Karachi, where she was being cared for at the time of her death after falling ill two weeks ago.

The philanthropist died in Karachi on August 15 at the age of 87.

She is the third civilian after Quaid-e-Azam and Abdul Sattar Edhi to receive state funeral.