ISLAMABAD: The country is celebrating Eid Milad-un-Nabi, the birth of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) on 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal, with full religious zeal and fervor on Tuesday amid strict security measures across the country.
It is a public holiday and the national flag is hoisted on all important public and private buildings. Mosques‚ buildings‚ markets and main streets have been decorated with colourful banners and lights.
A National Seerat Conference is being held in Islamabad. The theme is: ‘Proper use of the official positions and resources in the light of the teachings of Holy Prophet (Sallallah-o-Alaih-e-Wa Sallam)’. Similar provincial level Seerat Conferences are also being held in Lahore‚ Karachi‚ Peshawar and Quetta.
Likewise, various religious and social organizations have also planned Mahafil-e-Milad.
In their separate messages on the occasion of Eid Milad-un Nabi (PBUH)‚ President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have urged the nation to forge unity and religious harmony to address challenges of intolerance and extremism intolerance.
The President said our personal and collective lives should reflect great teachings of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). He said that the sayings and deeds of the holy prophet (PBUH) presents solution to all problems and difficulties of the mankind.
In his message‚ the prime minister said Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance and there is no space for extremism‚ sectarianism and terrorism in it.
Meanwhile‚ the federal and all the provincial governments have taken tight security measures to maintain law and order on the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH
The interior ministry has directed the security agencies to take all possible precautionary steps to deal with any untoward situation and ensure safety of lives and properties of the citizens.
In a bid to thwart any untoward terrorist incident on the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, mobile phone services have been suspended in most parts of Pakistan on Tuesday whereas security has been beefed up in all major cities of the country.
The cellular services in Karachi will remain suspended between 7am to 10pm while in other parts of Sindh province, mobile phones will remain silent from 7am to 9pm.
A ban on pillion riding and carrying of weapons in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas and Larkana has already been imposed by the Sindh government for five days to ensure security on the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi.
The ban has been in place since Friday midnight and it would remain in force till Jan 15.
In Punjab, more than 12 cities have been declared sensitive where cellular services are likely to remain banned today. A ban on pillion riding has been imposed in Islamabad for three days in this connection.
Likewise, mobile phone services will also be suspended in most parts of the militancy-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to go with a pillion-riding ban in Peshawar and a complete ban on motorcycle-riding in Dera Ismail Khan.
Like other parts of the country, strict security measures have been taken in the troubled Balochistan province. Cellular phone services will remain suspended throughout the province on Tuesday.
