A high-level meeting of various government officials was held on Monday, at Sehwan, to review the arrangements for the nearing three-day 767th annual Urs celebrations of Hazrat Qalandar Lal Shahbaz. The death anniversary would take place from April 24 to April 26 at Sehwan city. The meeting was presided over by Army Brigadier, Amir Zahid. […]
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
Mast Qalandar: A visit to Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine
Decorated with Kashi tiles, silver and gold, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine was built in 1356. From the shrine’s first gate to the main entrance, I lost myself in its spiritual presence. Though Qalandar, a Sufi saint and poet, was born in Maiwand in Afghanistan, his shrine is in Sehwan, a city located in the […]
First anniversary: devotees recall the day Lal Shahbaz’s dhamal got interrupted
KARACHI: “The dhamal had just begun after the evening prayers. We were moving towards the courtyard to participate in the dhamal when we heard a huge explosion. The next thing I remember is lying on a bed in Sehwan Hospital,” recalls Muhammad Hayat, 55. He and his seven colleagues, all of them working odd jobs at a rice mill […]