LAHORE:
Hundreds of congregations and processions were underway here last night as Eid Miladun Nabi (peace be upon him) was celebrated enthusiastically.
Streets and markets around the city were decorated with ribbons and buntings. Government buildings including the Civil Secretariat and the Assembly Chambers were decorated with colourful lights. Around 8,000 policemen were on security duty at 162 congregations and 150 processions. Forty-five of these were declared most at risk of attack. The main processions started at the Township Main Bazaar, Mughalpura and Baghbanpura. More than 250 people joined a Jamia Hizbul Ahnaaf procession starting at Data Darbar and ending at Regal Chowk. The participants carried torches and set off fireworks from Karbala Gamay Shah.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sarfraz Falki told The Express Tribune that tight security was being maintained at the processions and congregations. Gatherings deemed most at risk of attack were being given a three-tier security system, he said.
The Model Town SP said that there were 33 Milad congregations in his area and four were in the high risk category. He said 800 security personnel had been deployed at these congregations. Eight main Milad congregation programmes were held in Cantonment Division, while 250 security personnel guarded more than 100 congregations in the Civil Lines area.
The main markets in Bhati, Lohari and Krishan Nagar were decorated with ribbons and lights. Youngsters held up traffic by stopping vehicles and demanding money so they could buy decorations. All shrines and mosques were decorated with lights.
Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman and MNA Sahabzada Fazle Karim said that the council would stage more than a thousand processions in Pakistan. He said that neither the federal government nor the provincial government had consulted them when chalking out the security plans. He said he was unhappy with the security arrangements made for the occasion and appealed to council workers to play their role in maintaining peace.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 5th, 2012.
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12 Rabi ul awal mubarak to all. God Bless Pakistan.
Eid Milad u Nabi (pbuh &his family) Mubarak to every one.
Kashmir reverberates with prayers on Eid-e-Milad (Srinagar, Feb 5, 2012):
Despite rain and snow, thousands of Kashmiris Sunday celebrated the birthday of the founder of Islam, Prophet Muhammad, spending the night in mosques and shrines of the Kashmir Valley. Hundreds of devotees offered “Durud” (Praises of the Prophet) and spent the night in prayer and penance at the Hazratbal Shrine, the holiest Muslim shrine in Jammu and Kashmir. Situated on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar city, the shrine houses the Holy Relic, the “Moi-e-Muqaddas” (A hair of the Prophet’s beard).
I love my religion and practising it. How can we as a nation show our face as Muslims with the stolen electricity, forcefully grabbed billboards and money spent on congregations for ONE WEEK and then defy the Prophet SAW on a daily basis?
With load shedding and divali like celebs we need to pause and ask ourselves what are we doing? Or are we too far down the path of celebrating birthdays and not imbibing the actions which were communicated bu our prophet (pbuh)
12 Rabi ul awal mubarak to all. God Bless Pakistan.
May Allah Almighty make this beautiful day , a day of great blessings and by the Sadqa of Madani AAQA صلى الله عليه وسلم FORGIVE ALL OF OUR SINS ! AAMEEN
SARKAR صلى الله عليه وسلمKI AAMAD MARHABA DILDAR صلى الله عليه وسلمKI AAMAD MARHABA PIYARAY صلى الله عليه وسلمKI AAMAD MARHABA AAQA صلى الله عليه وسلمKI AAMAD MARHABA DAATA صلى الله عليه وسلمKI AAMAD MARHABA MAKKI صلى الله عليه وسلمKI AAMAD MARHABA MADANIصلى الله عليه وسلم KI AAMAD MARHABA
Aagay Mustafa صلى الله عليه وسلم MARHABA MARHABA