ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: “Aalmi Youm-e-Inhidaam-e-Janna-tul Baqee” (Worldwide Day of Demolition of Janna-tul Baqee) was observed with religious and national spirit and reverence on Wednesday throughout the country like other global parts in line with the announcement made by Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi against the demolition of holy shrines of holy Prophet (SAAW)’s daughter Khatoon-e-Jannat Hazrat Syedah Fatimah Zahra (SA), Ummahatul Mominin (RA) and Sahaba Kibar (RA) buried in Janna-tul Baqee and Janna-tul Moalla at the hands of the then Saudi rulers on Shawwal 8, 1924.

On this occasion, peaceful protest meetings, rallies, processions and majalis-e-aza were held in all the big cities and towns.

A protest memorandum regarding the Demolition of Janna-tul Baqee was presented to the representative of UN Secretary General at its office in Saudi-Pak Tower Islamabad by a representative delegation of TNFJ’s Worldwide Day of Demolition of Janna-tul Baqee Committee led by Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya (TNFJ)’s Additional Secretary General Syed Shujaat Ali Bukhari, Central Spokesman Syed Qamar Haider ZAidi, Allama Basharat Imami, Allama Guftar Sadiqi and other leaders. The representative ensured the delegation that TNFJ’s demands will be told to the UN Secretary-General and in this regard necessary advancement would be made.

In Federal Capital Islamabad, the main protest matmi procession was taken out from the shrine of Sakhi Mehmoud Badshah. It took shape of a protest meeting after reaching at Aabpara chowk. Addressing the gathering, speakers demanded reconstruction of Cemetery of Al-Baqee terming it an issue of whole humanity. Later, the procession after touching through its traditional route reached at the shrine and culminated with prayers and ziarat.

In Rawalpindi, main mourning procession to mark the occasion was broughout out from Imambargah Nasirul Aza Murree Road participated by thousands of people. Matmi groups by performing matamdaari and noha khwani condoled to the holy Prophet (SAWW)) on the destruction of holy shrines of his dearest daughter Hazrat Fatimah Zahra (SA), his holy wives (RA) and companions (RA).

Ulema, clerics and elite belonging to different schools of thought including President TNFJ Provincial Council Punjab Syed Abu Jafar Naqvi, Convener of Worldwide Day of Demolition of Janna-tul Baqee Committee Alhaaj Ghulam Murtaza Chuhan, central Khateeb Shia Jamia Masjid Shah Chan Charagh Allama Syed SAqalain Ali Bukhari, Regional President TNFJ Rawalpindi Allama Abul Hasan Taqi, Allama Muhammad Abbas Zaini, Allama Mohsin Ali Hamdani, Allama Kalbe Abbas Bukhari, Peer Syed Muhammad Shah Bukhari, Allama Agha Saqalain Haider Kazmi, Sardar Ibadat Hussain Shah, Ch. Abu Bedar Ali, Nasir Abbas Karbalai, Bawa Syed Nazakat Hussain Shah Naqvi, Bawa Syed Qasim Ali Shah Kazmi, Bawa Syed Mazloom Hussain Shah, Syed Tausif Hussain Kazmi, Agha Syed Ali Ruhul Abbas Moosavi advocate, Agha Syed Muhammad Murtaza Moosavi advocate, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Mashadi, Meesam Tammar, Abu Nasr Kazmi, Syed Amjad Hussain Shah were leading the procession.

The participants of the procession were chanting slogans against the demolition of holy shrines while hundreds of little workers of Mukhtar Generation were holding replica of cemetery of Janna-tul Baqee, banners and placards inscribed with demands of reconstruction of Al-Baqee. Noha khwani and matamdaari continued during the procession.

Addressing the participants at Committee CHowk, TNFJ Central Secretary Information Syed Qamar Haider Zaidi regretted that our rulers, politicians and media who remain at forefront on every occasion are silent spectators on the demolition of the holy shrines of greatest personalities of Islam. They are even unable to give news of the Demolition Day!!! He said those leaders who were buried in Janna-tul Baqee according to their wills, why their inheritors are silent? Why the devotees of Peer of Golra Sharif, Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh, Quaid-i-Azam, Allama Iqbal, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Zia-ul Haq are quiet? When their leaders’ shrines exist with magnificence then why the holy shrines of holy Prophet’s daughter (AS), Aal-e-Atahaar (AS), Ummahatul Mominin (RA) and Sahaba Kibar (RA) are demolished?

A resolution adopted on the occasion, stressed on the world organizations to play their role for reconstruction of the holy shrines of Janna-tul Baqee and Janna-tul Moalla. In this connection, Muslim countries should exert pressure at diplomatic level on the Saudi government.

The resolution making clear that holy sites are joint asset of the whole human world demanded that Makkah and Medinah should be declared international cities.

Meesam Tammar on behalf of TNFJ district Rawalpindi presented a condemning resolution against the DAILY JANG. It strongly condemned biased policy of the paper and regretted that news items and pictures of indecent programmes are prominently published in the daily but it avoids anything about demolition of holy shrines of Al-Baqee and Al-Moalla which is journalistic dishonesty. The daily Jang did not published the booked advertisement by TNFJ Worldwide Day of Demolition of Janna-tul Baqee Committee which is condemnable. We are not against the staff and workers of the daily but denounce policy makers of this group. Its bigs should display daring and should have courage to meet us. We will prove to them that they are standard-bearer of yellow journalism. We appeal to our dearest leader Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi to give us clear-cut order regarding JANG; to what extent you will advise us patience O our dear leader??? If the owners of the said paper keep love for Riyals instead of holy Prophet and holy personalities then they should depart the soil of Pakistan and publish their newspaper from Saudi Arabia.

Allama Abu Jafar Naqvi also addressed. The procession ended at imambargah Col. Maqbool Hussain. Volunteers of Mukhtar Force performed their duty throughout the procession while district administration had made fool-proof security arrangements on the route of the procession. Heavy contingent of police officers and jawans accompanied the procession.

Meanwhile, according to reports reaching TNFJ headquarters, a protest matmi rally was taken out from Imambargah Master Ghulam Haider Chowk Chah Shahbaz Peshawar under arrangements of district Committee of Worldwide Day of Demolition of Janna-tul Baqee. The rally after passing through Chowk Shahidaan reached at Qissa Khwani Bazaar where TNFJ central coordination secretary Sardar Mumtaz Ali Qazalbash, Provincial deputy Nazim-ul Amour Saqalain Haider and other leaders addressed.

The rally was led by TNFJ Sarhad ad-hoc president Mir Abu Ghazanfar, Provincial Convener Worldwide Day of Demolition of Janna-tul Baqee Committee Dr. Iqbal Javed Haideri and other leaders.

In Lahore, main procession of the DAY was taken out from Karbala GAmay Shah.

In Karachi, a mourning demonstration was staged under arrangements of TNFJ Divisional Council.

In Larkana, the main procession was taken out from imambargah Qamar Bani Hashim organized by district committee of Worldwide Day of Demolition of Janna-tul Baqee. The procession after touching through its designated route terminated in front of Jinnah Chowk Press Club where district president TNFJ Altaf Hussain Madhosh Bhutto, Maulana Ghulam Raza Qazi, Syed Mehtab Ali Shah, Zawar Javed Ali, Lutthan Shah, Barkat Ali Jafri, Rasool Bux Shahani, SAin Dad and Syed Zakiul Hasan addressed. Special message of Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Hamid Moosavi was given to the participants.

In Faisalabad, main procession was taken out from imambargah Qasr-e-Abu Talib.

In Quetta, matmi protest rally was taken out from imambargah Nachari Alamdaar Road led by TNFJ’s provincial and district elite besides clerics. Performing seena-zani and chanting slogans for reconstruction of the holy shrines, the participants reached at Quetta Press Club where the rally peacefully dispersed after adoption of different resolutions.

Matmi protest rallies and majalis-e-aza were also held in Muzaffarabad, Haiderabad, Sakkhar, Gilgit, Bagh, Gujrat, D.G.Khan, Bhakkar, Multan, KHanewal,m Qasoor, KHerpur Meeras, Shahdad Pur, Mirpur Khas, Kakol, Noshehra, Jehlum, Lala Musa, Chakwal, Hafizabad and D.I.Khan.