Peace caravan launched ahead of Muharram

An 'Aman Caravan' was launched in Sargodha for promoting harmony, brotherhood and tolerance in Muharram.

According to a handout issued on Saturday, Deputy Commissioner Capt (retd) Aurangzeb Haider Khan supervised the caravan and Additional Deputy Commissioner General Umar Farooq led it. Members of the local peace committee, religious scholars, renowned local personalities and police officers participated in the peace caravan.

On the first day, the caravan' visited Silanwali, Sahiwal and Shahpur to meet Majlis organisers and community leaders. The peace caravan includes Qari Ahmed Ali Nadeem, Qari Abdul Waheed, Malik Ziaul Haq, Muhammad Imtiaz, Riyast Ferozi, Khalid Iqbal Musrat and other members of the peace committee.

The deputy commissioner said the peace caravan aims to meet local community leaders by going to all the gatherings deemed sensitive and central mourning processions.

"We have to make joint efforts so that anti-peace elements get a message that we are all united,” he asserted.