The Chief Minister of Punjab, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, has said that the Sharifs always proclaimed their allegiance to Lahore, but they never took ownership of the city.
He said this while addressing the foundation-stone laying ceremony of the Data Darbar parking plaza, underpass and infrastructure improvement project.
Pervaiz Elahi said that a degree programme would be introduced at the Khatam-ul-Nabiyeen (PBUH) University to conduct research on Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh and Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar, etc.
Raiwind was the best place to serve religion, he said and added that folding umbrellas would be installed in the premises of Data Darbar and Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar’s shrine in Pakpattan. The food authority would also ensure the quality of community meals in the shrines, he said.
He said that elevators would be installed in the parking plaza for the elderly and the differently-abled devotees.
The government wanted to improve the infrastructure as road closures caused difficulties during Urs, he maintained.
Visitors would park their vehicles at the parking plaza to access the shrine on foot through the underground route, he said and added that the government would facilitate devotees coming from abroad.
The reconstruction and development of Data Darbar and Pakpattan shrine was the initiative of Rasikh Elahi and others.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 18th, 2023.
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