Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo on Thursday called for ensuring foolproof security arrangements for the protection of devotees during the Urs of Lal Shabaz Qalandar.
Giving instructions to the Hyderabad Division Commissioner while reviewing security arrangements, Palijo further said that all possible steps should be taken to inform masses about the facilities provided to the devotees, who have come from all over the country to pay homage to the great Sufi saint.
Palijo directed Culture Secretary Adul Aziz Uqaili, Director General Muhammad Ramzan Awan, Hyderabad Commissioner Ahmed Bux Narejo and the Jamshoro Deputy Commissioner that they should coordinate with police and other law enforcement agencies for vigilance and monitoring of security arrangements and all events during the annual festival to facilitate the devotees.
Paying rich tributes to the great Sufi saint of Sindh, the culture minister said Lal Shabaz Qalandar ignored his personality to spread the message of peace, harmony and tranquillity not only for the people of Sindh but also all over the world, who got spiritual contentment and satisfaction.
“[Qalandar’s] philosophy and thinking is a message of human acquaintance and Sufism; philosophy of Sufism, which is against human torture, oppression, massacre of innocent and terrorism. It is the uncompromising need of the hour to spread this message and such philosophy,” she concluded.
