Sewerage water destroys 1,300-year-old graveyard

People blame Auqaf Department for deplorable conditions

MULTAN: An ancient graveyard located in the local town of Dewan Sahib, Burewala is being demolished due to carelessness and negligence of the Auqaf and Religious Department.

The historical cemetery, related to the shrine of a Sufi Dewan Chavli Mashaikh is approximately 1300 years old and has many respected saints of Islamic history buried in it.



According to residents of the area, contaminated water from toilets of the shrine and the surrounding areas has destroyed the graves and has turned the graveyard into a pool of contaminated water.

The graveyard is in a deplorable state due to the poor drainage system of the area with graves of thousands of Hazrat Dewan Chavli Mashaikh’s followers being demolished.

What’s worse is the stink of contaminated water that has spread all over the area, especially in the hall of the shrine. Area residents, Shah Behraam, Mohammad Riaz and a others few shared that Auqaaf  Department has shown great impassiveness in this matter.



When The Express Tribune asked Auqaaf Pakpattan Administrator Tahir Ahmad regarding the worsening situation of the graveyard, he assured residents that the administration will take strict action to resolve the problem at hand.

He also directed the officials concernedto present a detailed report on the condition of the graveyard.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 16^th, 2017.