Overview
- The three-day pilgrimage was inaugurated by Sindh’s Auqaf Minister Syed Riaz Hussain Shah Shirazi with a wreath-laying and special prayers at the shrine.
- Authorities deployed 5,000 police and 300 Rangers, with additional platoons from the Army, Navy and Rapid Response Force.
- Monitoring includes more than 320 CCTV cameras across the town, extra cameras at the shrine and drone surveillance over crowd flows.
- Health provisions include 15 medical camps and the central government hospital placed on emergency footing for the duration.
- Officials anticipate about three million devotees, with cultural, religious and sporting programmes and langars drawing participants from across Pakistan and abroad, including non-Muslim visitors.