PESHAWAR: The central procession of 7th Muharram was taken out on Saturday from Imambargah Alam Shah at Chowk Nasir Khan, which ended at the same place after passing through its traditional route in Peshawar city.

The procession passed through Chowk Shahbaz, Mohammad Ali Jauhar Road, Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Mohalla Jangi, Jahangirpura, Chowk Kohati Gate, Imambargah Hussainabad, Akhunabad and Church Road under tight security.

Similarly, another Zuljinnah procession was taken out from the MES Colony, Peshawar Cantonment, which culminated at Imambargah Hussainia, Peshawar Saddar.

The speakers on the occasion urged the people to follow in the footsteps of the martyrs of Karbala and prepare themselves to face the new challenges created due to conspiracies of the Zionist forces against Muslims. They said that Shia and Sunni had no issue between them and only the anti-Islam forces were crating hatred among them to destabilise the Islamic states.

Allama Sajid Ali Subhani said that the month of Muharram reminded them of the sacrifices rendered by the grandsons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and their companions for the supremacy of Islam.

Muzaffar Ali Akhunzada also talked about the conspiracies hatched by superpowers against Muslims and said that it was time that all the Muslims should join hands irrespective of their affiliations to foil the intrigues.

Tight security arrangements were made to ensure protection of the people. All the link roads and streets were closed and the people were allowed to join the processions after thorough checking.

Published in Dawn, November 2nd , 2014