Shrine khadims settle dispute

AJMER - A dispute over who would perform ‘Ziyarat’ (prayer) for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and his delegation members here on Sunday at the shrine of the sufi saint Khwaja Moninuddin Chishti was resolved with a decision that two Khadims (clerics) will do the job, reported PTI.It required the intervention of Anjuman Committee, a representative body of Khadims (clerics), to end the dispute. Syed Iqbal Kaptan Chishty, who claims to be the family khadim of late PM and Zardari’s slain wife Benazir Bhutto, and Saiyad Natiq Chishty, who had performed the Ziyarat when former president Pervez Musharraf and other political leaders had visited the shrine, have agreed to perform the same for Zardari jointly.  Earlier, both were claiming the right to conduct the prayer for Zardari but the issue was settled so that no dispute arises before Zardari. Controversies often arise over the claim of right to offer prayer during the visits of high-profile people, film stars, politicians and heads of state. “Anjuman committee sorted out the matter today. Both Kaptan Chishty and Natiq Chishty will perform Ziyarat for Zardari in the shrine,” Syed Wahid Hussain Chishty, Secretary of the Committee, told PTI. 

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