Dr. Ruth Pfau | MCQs

Explanation

Dr. Ruth Pfau

• Date of Birth: 9 September 1929
• Date of Death: 10 August 2017
• Other Name: Mother Teresa of Pakistan (due to her work for leprosy patients)

Major Awards:

• Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Pakistan)
• Hilal-e-Pakistan
• Nishan-e-Quaid-i-Azam
• Staufer Medal (Germany)
• Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (by Pope)

Explanation

Dr. Ruth Pfau

• Date of Birth: 9 September 1929
• Date of Death: 10 August 2017
• Other Name: Mother Teresa of Pakistan (due to her work for leprosy patients)

Major Awards:

• Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Pakistan)
• Hilal-e-Pakistan
• Nishan-e-Quaid-i-Azam
• Staufer Medal (Germany)
• Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (by Pope)

Explanation

Dr. Ruth Pfau

• Date of Birth: 9 September 1929
• Date of Death: 10 August 2017
• Other Name: Mother Teresa of Pakistan (due to her work for leprosy patients)

Major Awards:

• Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Pakistan)
• Hilal-e-Pakistan
• Nishan-e-Quaid-i-Azam
• Staufer Medal (Germany)
• Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (by Pope)

Explanation

Ruth Pfau was a German–Pakistani Catholic nun of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, and a physician.

Ruth Pfau moved from Germany to Pakistan in 1961.

Ruth Pfau was honoured with the Hilal-i-Pakistan-, Hilal-i-Imtiaz-, Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam-, and the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam award for her services to Pakistan.

Dr Pfau, who was hailed as the Mother Teresa of Pakistan, passed away on 10 August 2017 in Karachi.