LAHORE    -   The 395th annual Urs celebrations of Hazrat Shah Jamal began at his mazar, here on Saturday. Provincial Secretary for Minorities Affairs Masood Mukhtar inaugurated the Urs celebrations while performing traditional chadar laying at the grave of the great Sufi saint. Director Administration Wahad Arjumand, Mian Amjad Iqbal and a large number of devotees were also present.

Earlier, they gave bath to the grave with hundreds of litres of rose-water. The Auqaf Department had allocated special grant of Rs 133,000 for holding Urs celebrations and preparing lungar [free food].  Spiritual mahafils will continue till tomorrow (Monday, October 31) in which ulema, mashaykh and Naat Khawan will participate.