Eid Milad-un-Nabi arrangements finalised

CM consults Ulema on law and order situation

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has said that the security arrangements for Eid Milad-un-Nabi have been made in consultation with the Ulema who have always helped the government in promoting interfaith and sectarian harmony in the province.

He said this on Wednesday while presiding over a meeting at the New Sindh Secretariat with religious scholars of different schools of thought to discuss the upcoming religious event. The meeting was attended by provincial ministers Nasir Hussian Shah, Saeed Ghani, Faraz Dero, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Sindh Inspector-General (IG) Dr Kaleem Imam, Home Secretary Kazi Kabir, Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shalwani and Zakat and Religious Affairs Secretary Dr Nawaz Shaikh and others. The Ulema who attended the meeting included Haji Haneef Tayab, Maulana Jameel Ahmed Naeemi, Maulana Akbar Dars, Allama Abbas Kumeli, Allama Shabir Hassan, Allama Razi Hassani Naqshbandi and others.



Shah said that there were two dedicated old routes for the Eid Milad-un-Nabi procession; one starts from Tower and ends at Aram Bagh while the other starts from Memon Masjid and goes till Numaish. "The administration has received more applications for processions and it has been directed to entertain them on merit," he said.

The Ulema informed the chief minister that there were some issues of repairing roads, drainage system and street lights. On this, the chief minister said that he has already issued directives to the local government minister for repair of roads, the drainage system and provision of water, particularly in areas where the procession would pass through.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15^th, 2018.