A bomb blast ripped through a gathering at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's southern Sindh province on Monday, killing four persons and injuring 12 others, police said. The explosion occurred at the Hajan Shah Mauri Dargah near Shikarpur when a large number of people were visiting the shrine. ...
10:49 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Mumbai: In a surprising and controversial move, Mumbais Sufi shrine Haji Ali Dargah Trust has barred women from entering the sanctum sanctorum that houses the tomb of the 15th century Sufi saint Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari. The trust management also declared that the decision is irrevocable. The decision has evoked sharp criticism from several quarters and triggered protests. Bhartiya Mahila Muslim Andolan founder Noorjehan Safia Niaz condemning the ruling,...
12:50 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Srinagar: Life across Kashmir Valley remained disrupted for the fifth day on Friday due to a strike called by Grand Mufti of the state over gutting of the 200-year-old Dastageer Sahib shrine even as restrictions continued on movement of people in the old city. In view of the proposed march to the gutted shrine on Friday, government has placed the Grand Mufti Bashiruddin Ahmad, his deputy Mufti nasir-ul Islam and...
11:23 AM, Jun 29, 2012
Srinagar: Two days after a fire broke out in 200-year-old Peer Dastageer Sahib shrine at Khanyar, the authorities here have imposed an undeclared curfew. Meanwhile, in some old parts of Srinagar, the municipality and other departments have joined hands to clean the muck that gathered after the blaze. The Sufi shrine was respected and revered from people from all faiths. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday promised the people that...
12:42 PM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: Separatist groups in Srinagar have called for a general strike on Tuesday to protest against Monday's fire at a 200-year-old Sufi Shrine Peer Dastageer Sahib. The cause of the fire is still not known but the relics inside were safely recovered by officials. The protestors alleged that firefighters arrived late on the scene to douse the flames. Meanwhile, the government has ordered a probe by the Kashmir divisional...
06:29 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Srinagar: Several people have been injured in clashes between the police and protesters over a fire at a revered 200-year-old Sufi shrine, Peer Dastageer Sahib, in Srinagar. The protestors alleged that firefighters arrived late on the scene to douse the flames. Meanwhile, the government has ordered a probe by the Kashmir divisional commissioner. Authorities say the fire began from four areas of the shrine taking over most of the roof,...
03:03 PM, Jun 25, 2012
Srinagar: The 200-year-old Sufi shrine of Dastageer Sahib went up in flames early on Monday morning. Several fire tenders have been rushed to the location to douse the flames at the shrine mostly made up of wood, officials said. There was tension across the town as the shrine of Peer Dastageer Sahib is highly revered in Kashmir. Authorities say the fire began from four areas of the shrine taking over...
08:09 AM, Jun 25, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is likely to visit Ajmer on April 8 to pay obeisance at the famous Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. A request for a "private visit" by the President has been forwarded to the Indian side though a final date for the trip is yet to be set, sources in the Pakistan government said. However, sources in Delhi said the visit is likely...
11:16 AM, Apr 01, 2012
Islamabad: The Taliban claimed responsibility for suicide attacks at a Sufi shrine in eastern Pakistan on Sunday in which 41 people were killed and up to 65 wounded, a militant spokesman said. "Our men carried out these attacks and we will carry out more in retaliation for government operations against our people in the northwest," Ehsanullah Ehsan told Reuters by telephone from undisclosed location. ...
09:35 PM, Apr 03, 2011
Islamabad: Three powerful blasts ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine near Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan's Punbjab province on Sunday, killing at least 40 people and injuring 100 others, a government official said. The first blast occurred at the main entrance of the Sakhi Sarwar Darbar located about 30 kms from Dera Ghazi Khan. The two other blasts went off inside the shrine just as a rescue operation had been...
07:42 PM, Apr 03, 2011
Hundreds of devotees were visiting the marble shrine in the heart of the city when the attacks occurred. ...
01:09 AM, Jul 02, 2010
Rebuffed by the clergy, the Army has stopped its Operation Sadhbhavana programme to reconstruct sufi shrines and mosques. ...
07:07 PM, Jun 04, 2007
