ALTAF HAMID RAO
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : Amidst extra-ordinary security cover, the two-day Urs celebrations of the eminent spiritual leader, saint and the preacher of Islam in the sub continent Baba Pir-a-Shah Ghazi [RA], famously known as Damri Wali Sarkar concluded here on Tuesday at Khari Sharif in outskirts of lake city of Mirpur Azad Jammu Kashmir with full respect and honor.
Earlier the 2-day urs celebrations of the spiritual leader were opened at his mausoleum here on Monday.
Adequate special arrangements were made to solemnize the Urs celebrations in a befitting manner and with full reverence under the aegis of the AJK government. Special Assistant to AJK Government for Auqaf and religious affairs was the Chief guest on this occasion, according to the Auqaf Department sources
Our Special AJK Correspondent Altaf Hamid Rao reports from Mirpur that the district administration officials headed by DC Ch. Amjad Iqbal and SSP Raja Irfan Saleem ADC (G) Yasir Riaz, Assistant Commission Sardar Qadir Khan, DIO Javed Mallick, Div. Director Masood Abbasi and others also visited the mausoleum of the veteran spiritual saint and offered fateha besides placed floral wreaths at the mazar.
Thousands of pilgrims including the admirers of the Saint and the preacher of Islam from all over the country including Azad Jammu & Kashmir attended the urs celebrations like all previous years to offer fateha and pay glorious tributes to Baba Pira Shah Ghazi for the grand job he performed to spread the teachings of Islam bringing thousands of people in this region in the fold of Islam through his marvelous services to this direction.
It was local holiday in Mirpur district to facilitate the admirers for pilgrimage and participation in the sanctified congregation.
At the special functions, held at the mausoleum of the veteran saint , speakers including eminent ulema, Islamic scholars, Naat Khawan and other religious scholars paid glorious tributes to Hazrat Baba Peer-e-Shah Ghazi for his great services, along with his associate Auliya Karam for the preaching and publications of the teachings of Islam in the subcontinent and particularly in this area.
Thousands of devotees and admirers of the renowned saint from across the country and including Azad Kashmir drove to the mausoleum of the preacher of Islam to attend the Urs celebrations by bringing boughs and laying floral wreaths at the shrine to pay rich tributes to the late preacher of Islam for his great services for preaching and upholding the teachings of Islam in the region.
On this occasion, prominent scholars, naat Khawan and poets also presented the mystic poetry of great Saint and Arif – e – Khari Shjareef Hazrat Mian Muhammad Buksh (RA).
Special prayers along with fateha were offered at the concluding ceremony held late Friday for the departed soul. On this occasion Ulema and scholars paid glorious tributes to Hazrat Baba Peer-e-Shah Ghazi for his great services, along with his associate Auliya Karam for the preaching of Islam in the subcontinent including in this part of the sub continent.