KARACHI: Three-day long Urs celebrations honouring the ninth-century Sufi saint Abdullah Shah Ghazi will start today (Thursday) in Karachi amid tightened security.
Abdullah Shah Ghazi's grave was washed by the custodians of the shrine last night.
A large number of devotees are expected to visit the shrine during the celebrations, which will conclude on Saturday.
At the direction of Inspector General of Sindh (IG) Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, the city police have deployed teams and bomb disposal squad officers.
Walk-through security gates have also been installed at the shrine’s entrance.
Last year, twin blasts killed at least 10 people and injured more than 60 in an attack on the shrine. The blasts went off at the entrance as people were queuing up to enter the building.
COMMENTS (5)
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ
Arabs belly dance. So belly dancing is Islamic then? Jussayin
@Chilli : how are u so sure that Arabs have got it right? Are they (Arabs) your papa?
We should learn and adopt good deeds to become good muslims and not just Halwa Manda.
@Chilli:
It's just business. Try to find out about "Nango Shah's shrine" (Naked Shah). Someone (mockingly) burried a dog and called it a "Pir." Now they have "his" geneological tree (Shujra) and descendents ("Gadi nasheens," with a vicious bark and bite). As Sindhi story writer Amar Jaleel wrote that in Sindh you should either be a Pir and a highway man.
Asking souls of dead for favours is not unique to Pakistan, it is universal phenomenon and there no shortage of crooks to exploit this.
Quran is crystal clear about all such activities. These events are arranged by thugs to mint money. There is no such kind of event in whole arab states. Why in Pakistan and India?? because they inheritted it from different culture not islam. We have to open our eyes and stay away from such unislamic practices.