Eid Milad-un-Nabi celebrated with fervour

Rawalpindi

Eid Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) was celebrated with religious zeal and fervour here on Monday.

All the roads, streets, houses, buildings, shopping malls, mosques were illuminated with colourful lights and buntings.

Similarly, the government and semi-government buildings and offices were also decorated beautifully.

The main procession was taken out from Jamia Masjid Road which passed through its traditional routes Circular Road, Waris Khan, Murree Road, Committee Chowk, Liaquat Bagh, Iqbal Road, Fawara Chowk and culminated at the starting point amid foolproof security.

Various Eid Milad-un-Nabi processions were taken out in various parts of the city.

The participants were holding models of ‘Khana Kaaba’ and ‘Masjid-e-Nabvi’ besides reciting ‘Naat’ and ‘Qirat’.

Different ‘Naat’ and ‘Milad’ committees arranged ‘Naat’ and ‘Qirat’ competitions in almost all the areas.

The winners were awarded with cash prizes trophies and other gifts.

Religious scholars and Ulema highlighted the significance of the day and urged the people to follow the Sunnah of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) to achieve success in life and the hereafter.

People set up ‘langars’ and ‘sabeels’ of sweets, water and milk at different points of procession routes on the occasion, whereas tea and ‘qehwa’ was also served among the devotees.

Tight security arrangements were made by police following the instructions of City Police Officer (CPO) Israr Ahmed Khan Abbasi by deputing some 3,200 policemen to avoid any toward incident.

The participants of the processions were passed through walk through gates to avoid any untoward incident.

CCTV cameras were also installed on the routes of main processions to monitor the movement of suspect elements.

No person was allowed to stand on rooftops of the buildings along the routes.

City Traffic Police diverted all the traffic on alternative routes to facilitate the participants of the processions as per traffic plan announced by Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Yousaf Ali Shahid.

Rescue-1122 remained on high alert to meet any emergency.  As many as 400 rescuers were deployed on the occasion.