[Dawn] Eid Milad Al-Nabi (PTUI!) was celebrated with religious zeal and enthusiasm on Sunday in Bloody Karachi,...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
like other parts of the country.
A number of big and small Milad rallies were taken out by various religious organizations including Jammat Ahle-Sunnat, Sunni Tehrik,
...formed in Karachi in 1992 under by Muhammad Saleem Qadri. It quickly fell to trading fisticuffs and liquidations with the MQM and the Sipah-e-Sahaba, with at least a half dozen of its major leaders rubbed out. Sunni Tehreek arose to become the primary opposition to the Deobandi Binori Mosque, headed by Nizamuddin Shamzai, who was eventually bumped off by person or persons unknown. ST's current leadership has heavily criticized the Deobandi Jihadi leaders, accusing them of being sponsored by Indian Intelligence agencies as well as involvement in terrorist activities...
Dawat-e-Islami and New Memon Masjid Trust from different areas to celebrate the occasion.
All the processions and rallies converged into a big public meeting at Nishtar Park which was addressed by various Ulema and Mashaikh. The speakers highlighted the various aspects of the life of the Holy Prophet (PTUI!)'>(PTUI!)) and called the followers to follow his teachings and the Sunnah.
Sunni Tehrik took out a rally from Liaquatabad which was participated by people including children in a large number. It was calumniated at Nighter park after passing through different routes.
Naat Night congregation was organized at main Liaquatabad Road on 12 Rabi-ul- Awwal in which noted Naat Khwan recited Naat.
Besides, a large number of Milad programmes and conferences were held acrose the city to mark the sacred day where prominent Learned Elders of Islam delivered speeches on the life and teaching of the Holy Prophet (PTUI!)'>(PTUI!))
Different political and religious organizations set up reception camps along the routes of rallies to facilitate the participants. The KESC had suspended scheduled power outages for two days in order to allow the followers to celebrate Eid-e-Milad.