KOHAT: The residents, including clerics, destroyed a “miracle site” in a mountain of Lachi tehsil here on Saturday.

Elders of the Shahi Banda village told Dawn that women both from the area and far-flung localities carried their babies with disabilities through the natural narrow passageway firmly believing that the exercise will turn the infants healthy.

The elders said that the women also tied colourful pieces of cloth to the branches of a nearby tree hoping that their desires would come true.

Elder Abdul Basit said that the people brought babies with disabilities to the passageway for cure.

He said that the miracle site was destroyed with the help of hammers.

The elder said that though young, educated people were opposed to superstitions, the elderly, especially women, still believed them.

Published in Dawn, March 3rd, 2024