In pictures: Country gears up to observe Eid-i-Miladun Nabi

Streets are lined up with stalls selling merchandise while buildings have been decorated with lights and posters.
Published November 20, 2018

People across the country have made preparations to celebrate the birth anniversary of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with ancestral customs and new traditions.

The Eid-i-Miladun Nabi will be celebrated on Wednesday with religious enthusiasm and solemnity across the country.

Streets are lined up with stalls selling merchandise including flags, badges and other souvenirs while buildings have been decorated with lights and posters.

Important government and private buildings, mosques and streets across the country have been decorated with lights, green flags, colorful buntings and banners welcoming the festive day.

Buntings, flags, badges and souvenirs being sold at roadside stalls at Ghanta Ghar Bazar in Peshawar. — APP
Buntings, flags, badges and souvenirs being sold at roadside stalls at Ghanta Ghar Bazar in Peshawar. — APP

Man sells souvenirs at a stall at Ghanta Ghar Bazar, Peshawar, ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — APP
Man sells souvenirs at a stall at Ghanta Ghar Bazar, Peshawar, ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — APP

A Pakistani woman takes pictures of a decorated market in Lahore ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — AFP
A Pakistani woman takes pictures of a decorated market in Lahore ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — AFP

Pakistani shoppers throng a decorated market in Lahore ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — AFP
Pakistani shoppers throng a decorated market in Lahore ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — AFP

A view of Peshawar's Cantt Railway Station, that has been illuminated ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — APP
A view of Peshawar's Cantt Railway Station, that has been illuminated ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — APP

A Rescue1122 building in Peshawar decorated ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — APP
A Rescue1122 building in Peshawar decorated ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — APP

An illuminated view of a Kanzul Iman Masjid in Karachi decorated with colourful lights. —APP
An illuminated view of a Kanzul Iman Masjid in Karachi decorated with colourful lights. —APP

An illuminated view of Punjab Assembly building in Lahore. —APP
An illuminated view of Punjab Assembly building in Lahore. —APP

Jamia Masjid Babul Islam in Lahore decorated with colorful lights in connection with Eid-i-Miladun Nabi celebrations. —APP
Jamia Masjid Babul Islam in Lahore decorated with colorful lights in connection with Eid-i-Miladun Nabi celebrations. —APP

A general view shows an illuminated mosque as part of festivities ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi in Karachi. —AFP
A general view shows an illuminated mosque as part of festivities ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi in Karachi. —AFP

Markets are decorated with lights as part of the celebrations. —AFP
Markets are decorated with lights as part of the celebrations. —AFP

Cleanliness campaigns are also underway and streets are being decorated ahead of 12th Rabi-ul-Awal.

Workers of Municipal Corporation clean streets during a cleaning drive at TNT Chowk in Quetta ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — APP
Workers of Municipal Corporation clean streets during a cleaning drive at TNT Chowk in Quetta ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — APP

Motorcyclists pass by decorations being put up on TNT Chowk in Quetta ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — APP
Motorcyclists pass by decorations being put up on TNT Chowk in Quetta ahead of Eid-i-Miladun Nabi. — APP