Throngs partake annual majlis-e-aza at Qalandar Shrine

By: Salman Alvi

SEHWAN SHARIF, Pakistan: Annual program of urs and pursadari of great saint Hazrat Sakhi Shahbaz Qalandar concluded on Friday 20th Shaban at Sehwan Sharif in Sindh province of Pakistan.

Thousands of mourners and devotees from across the country participated in annual pursadari and offered their pursa (condolence) to Sakhi Shahbaz Qalandar of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) and other martyrs of Karbala by performing matam of Zanjeer, Qama, Swords and Garz.

Hundreds of Matami organizations from all four provinces began matamdari at the main road of Sakhi Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine and after passing through their designated routes entered the shrine and did Noha Khoani and Matamdari.

A Central TNFJ delegation headed by Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya Pakistan’s Deputy Secretary General Syed Qamar Haider Zaidi, participated in the pursadari and laid Chadar at the grave from Quaid-e-Millat-e-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi.

Among the matami organization partook were Anjuman Shababul Momineen Karachi, Anjuman Dar-e-Batool Karachi, Anjuman Tanzimul Momineen Karachi, Matmi Dasta Ghulaman-e-Hur Karachi, Matmi Dasta Ghulamana-e-Aun o Muhammad Karachi, Matmi Dasta Azadaran-e-Batool Karachi, Anjuman Haidery Qadamgah Mola Ali Haiderabad, Lashkar-e-Abbas Alamdar Haiderabad, Anjuman-e-Qalandari Dadu, Anjuman Ghulaman-e-Abbas Larkana, Markazi Matmi Dasta Rawalpindi, Matmi Dasta Ghulaman-e-Ruqayyah Bibi Pak Daman Lahore, Matmi Dasta Bawa Qaisar Shah Imamia Colony Lahore, Anjuman Sipah e Abbas Khair pur, Anjuman Al-Abbas Khairpur, Anjuman Tabligh-e-Hussaini Luqman Khairpur, Matmi Sangat Markazi Imambargah Faisalabad Dhobi Ghaat, Matmi Sangat Nashaad Shah Mehrab-pur, Matmi Sangat Ustaad Kamman Mehrab-pur, Matmi Sangat Katri Bawa Lahore, Markazi Matam Kor Sialkot, Matmi Sangat Fidayan-e-Abbas Mirpur Khas, Anjuman Ghulaman-e-Shehzada Qasim Nawab Shah, Matmi Sangat Shah Chan Charagh Rawalpindi, Markazi Matmi Dasta Babul Hawaij Gujranwala, Anjuman Ghulaman-e-Shehzada Ali Akbar Jamshoro.

Matami organizations from Peshawar, Gilgit, Bhakkar, Gujrat, Parachinar, Muzafrabad, Qila Didaar Singh, Muzaffar Garh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Ali Pur, Mianwali, Dera Ismail Khan, Badin, Sanghar and Sakhar also participated.

Syed Fateh Muhammad Sabzawari, Divisional Commander Mukhtar Force Pakistan and Sajjada Nashin of Kafi Syed Misri Shah Sabzawari, also participated in the annual pursadari. He said courtesy to the mission of Qalandar, today Sindh and Merhran valley is full of slogans of Nara-e-Haidery and Ya Hussain (AS), and Alam-e-Hazrat Abbas (AS) is fluttering around the Sindh.

He reiterated his resolve for offering any kind of sacrifice for the Mission of Wila and Aza on the call of Quaid-e-Millat-e-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi. He paid tributes to all Matami Azadaran who attended the annual pursadari and termed these Azadaran an asset of nation.

According to Syed Aftab Hussain Lalu Shah the chief of Anjuman Shabaul Momineen and Bali Shah this year a large number of Matami organizations participated in the annual pursadari.

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