ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) on Wednesday invited applications from interested people to attend the annual Urs of Hazrat Khawaja Nizam-ud-Din Aulia (RA) in Delhi, India.
Applications on prescribed forms can be submitted at the Ministry of Religious Affairs by April 25.
Ballot, if required, for 250 Pakistani zaireen will be held on May 17.
The details and instructions regarding the Urs are also available at official websites www.hajjinfo.org or www.mora.gov.pk.
The annual Urs of Hazrat Khawaja Nizam-ud-Din Aulia (RA) will be held from 12th to 19th of December in India this year.
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On April 9, Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi had issued 2200 visas to Indian Sikh Pilgrims for the upcoming Baisakhi Festival.
In a tweet, Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal had said visas were issued in line with Pakistan’s efforts to promote interfaith harmony and people-to-people contacts between the two countries.
Baisakhi is a historical religious festival in Sikhism, which is celebrated in mid of April. This event marks the Punjabi and Sikh new year. It is a spring harvest festival for the Sikhs.
On March 5, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Noorul Haq Qadri had said that India had refused to issue visas to Pakistanis for attending the Urs of Sufi saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti ─ also known as ‘Gharib Nawaz’─ at Dargah Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan.
According to the minister, 500 Pakistanis were to leave for India on March 7.
