Lahore: Like every year, the people of Pakpattan, Pakistan and even the devotees from neighbouring country make their way to the fifteen-day annual Urs celebrations of great sufi saint Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Gunj Shakar which started in Pakpattan on Sunday.
The cultural Urs celebrations were inaugurated by Sajjada Nasheen Diwan Modood Masood Chishti. The Auqaf sources say that the most significant part of the celebrations i.e. “Behishti Darwaza” (paradise door) will be opened on 5th Muharram-ul-Haram for the participants for five days.
Full proof security arrangements have been made around the shrine to avoid any untoward incident. The district police have taken the responsibility to provide strict security to the pilgrims, arriving from all the provinces of the country.