Ishaq Dar formally inaugurates the 3-day celebrations of Urs Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh

Lahore: The 972^nd annual Urs of Hazrat Ali Bin Usman Al-Hajveri known as Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh inaugurated, today. Provincial Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs Ata Muhammad Maneka and Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar formally inaugurated the 3-day celebrations of Urs by laying wreath on the shrine.

Provincial Minister for Food Bilal Yasin, Member National Assembly Pervaiz Malik, Secretary Auqaf and Religious Affairs Nayyer Iqbal, Director General Auqaf and Religious Affairs Dr. Tahir Raza Bukhari and other guests attended the ceremony in large numbers.

The celebrations started with recitation from Holy Quran and Naat. After laying the wreath, dua was offered for the solidarity and security of the country and success of operation Zarb-e-Azb. The milk sabeel was also inaugurated. Talking to the journalists, the Provincial Minister said that the teachings of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh are a beacon light for the Muslims. He said that best arrangements have been made for the devotees on Urs and foolproof security arrangements have been made for the protection of life and properties of devotees. He said that special care has been taken for providing food to devotees and langer is also being distributed by the government.

Later, Mian Ata Maneka and Ishaq Dar inaugurated language/computer lab. Ishaq Dar also announced a grant of 70 lakh rupees for the language and computer lab at Jamia Hajveria Data Darbar.

In a briefing, the Minister was told that there is a beautiful combination of old and contemporary education in Jamia Hajveria. The training of spoken English, Arabic and computer software will be provided in the lab. Courses of computer applications and office professional, computer hardware and network professional and mobile repairing will also be conducted.