Heat wave leaves 53 dead during Urs of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar SEHWAN: Severe temperatures continued to take the lives of the devotees of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan for a fourth consecutive day, as the death toll reached 53 on Thursday. The local administration officials had claimed that they would provide the devotees with cold water and make other necessary arrangements. Hundreds of thousands of people, mainly from the Punjab and Sindh, visit the small town of Sehwan during the urs celebrations of the Sufi saint Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. The 762nd urs has attracted between 500,000 to 600,000 visitors, according to unofficial estimates.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 08:48:04 +0000
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