National
May 5, 2021
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Amid strict security arrangements, a large number of people took part in the Yaum-e-Ali mourning processions with religious reverence in Islamabad and various cities of Sindh, including Karachi, Sukkur, Khairpur, Shikarpur, Naushahro Feroze, Ghotki, Kandhkot, Larkana and Hyderabad on Tuesday.
In Karachi, the central procession to mark the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali (RA) was taken out from the Nishtar Park and culminated peacefully at the city’s Imambargah Hussainian Iranian in Kharadar at around 11:30am.
Several smaller processions from separate parts of the city started converging on the Nishtar Park for the central procession, where noted scholar Allama Shahenshah Hussain Naqvi addressed the participants at around 6:30am, highlighting the various noble aspects of the life of Hazrat Ali (RA). After the address, the main procession started at 7:30am from the Nishtar Park and followed its traditional route through the MA Jinnah Road to culminate at the Imambargah Hussainian Iranian.