Closed for 12 years over security concerns, Ahle Tashee mosque opens

LAHORE: An Ahle Tashee mosque that was shut for more than last 12 years over law and order fears was opened in the provincial metropolis here on Saturday. The mosque located in Phase 5 shall be fully managed by the DHA authorities. The administrator inaugurated the mosque on the eve of Moharamn ul Haram and more than 500 men and women of the Shia community from DHA and outside offered their first Maghrib prayers and recited dua for the well-being of the nation, Pak Army and Kashmir cause. The residents thanked the management for providing the facility of offering prayers.