Army troops and others load the casket wrapped in Pakistani flag, of Ruth Pfau into a vehicle to transport it for her funeral in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo)
Karachi: Ruth Pfau, a German nun who devoted her life to combatting leprosy in Pakistan, was buried with full state honours on Saturday, in an unprecedented service for a foreign Christian in the Muslim-majority country.
Pfau, who died at the age of 87 on August 10, was known locally as Pakistan's Mother Teresa. She 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 a short illness.