THE tomb of Hazrat Ali Bin Usman Bin Al Hajveri is surely the most frequented place in Lahore. The Data darbar complex has an elaborate car parking space in the basement.

However, since the inception of the threat of terrorism, car parking has been closed. I fully endorse the rationality of this decision. Given the prevailing security environment in the country, the reopening of the basement parking facility doesn’t seem possible at least in the near future.

I would, therefore request Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to direct the Auqaf department to aquire additional land in the proximity of the tomb and provide an alternative parking space to visitors.

Maj (r) Imran Aslam

Sargodha

Published in Dawn, November 26th, 2015