Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Saturday chaired a meeting of Religious Purpose Committee of Data Darbar to review arrangements of the 972nd Urs of Hazrat Daata Ganj Baksh.
He stressed upon all officials of the Auqaf Department, provincial police, local administration and the Daata Darbar management to ensure quality arrangements for all the events including the national Naat, Quran and Qawali recitals, inauguration of milk sabeel and distribution of lungar.
The minister emphasized that strict security arrangements be made for the Urs which will start from December 1 to 3 (Safar 8 to 20). He cautioned there would be no compromise on security of pilgrims who would throng the Darbar from all over the country as well as from abroad. More than 500 known ulema and mashaikh would attend the Urs including the custodians of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia and Hazrat Khawaja Gharib Nawaz, the meeting was informed.
The minister on this occasion highly appreciated the arrangements made by the local administration, Auqaf Department and the Darbar management for “Ghusal Sahrif” during Muharram. He hoped that all the officials would put in their best to make this year’s Urs celebrations a great success.
Provincial Food Minister Bilal Yaseen, MNA Pervaiz Malik, Ministry of Finance Additional Secretary Tariq Pasha, Auqaf Secretary Nayyer Iqbal, Auqaf Director General Tahir Raza Bokhari, DIG Operations, Lahore and other senior officials attended the meeting.
