SEHWAN (Dunya News) - The 774th Urs of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (RA) will begin in Sehwan today (Saturday) amid stringent security provided by 5,000 policemen and 300 personnel of Rangers.
According to the district administration's estimates, around 2 million devotees were expected to visit the small town from all parts of Pakistan and from abroad as well.
The Governor Sindh Kamran Tessouri would officially inaugurate the Urs at the shrine of Qalandar (RA).
The Sindh Culture Department will organize a conference while the Sindh sports Department would host an event of traditional wrestling.
On the second day of the Urs, a literary conference would take place in Sehwan in which the historians and writers would shed light on the saintly works of Qalandar (RA).
Deputy Commissioner of Jamshoro district, Ghazanfar Ali Qadri, informed that the town would be monitored with the help of 320 CCTV cameras which had been installed at some 200 locations.
He added that 120 more cameras had been installed in the premises of the shrine. He said that 15 medical camps had been set up in the town whose central government hospital had been kept on emergency mode for the 3 days.