LAHORE: Security plan for Muharram as well as for the Urs of Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar in Pakpattan has been finalised by the police as more than 3,000 personnel would perform duties. More ...

ISLAMABAD: The annual celebrations marking the 777th Urs of great saint and first poet of Punjabi language Hazrat Baba Fareed-ud-Din Masood Ganj Shakar (RA) started on Tuesday in Pakpattan with ...

PAKPATTAN: The 15-day-long celebrations of the 773rd urs of Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar peaked on Wednesday following the opening of the Behishti Darwaza (celestial door). The shrine’s custodian ...

The poetry of Baba Farid Ganj Shakar (1173-1236) is more relevant today than ever prompting people to desist hate in the name of religion and ethnicity, forego greed and indulgence and put faith in ...

LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Faisal Shahkar has directed to ensure best security arrangements for pilgrims coming from all over the country on the occasion of annual Urs of Hazrat ...

PAKPATTAN – The 783rd annual Urs of the great Sufi saint Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Masood Ganj Shakar (RA) has officially begun in Pakpattan, drawing thousands of devoted followers from across the ...

PAKPATTAN: Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan had to face embarrassment when people chanted “chor, chor” when he visited the shrine of Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Masood Ganj Shakar ...

Qawwali maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's family has been bound to the shrine of Baba Farid Ganj Shakar for the past 800 years. The family legend is that the Sufi saint blessed them with their heritage ...

SAHIWAL: The 781st annual 10-day rituals at the shrine of Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar began here on Tuesday at Pakpattan. Dewan Modood Masood Chishti -- Sajada Nasheen -- inaugurated the event by ...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday summoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a case concerning allotment of Waqf property attached to the shrine of Hazrat Baba Farid-ud-Din Masud Ganj Shakar ...

Just behind Herod’s Gate in the Old City lies the Indian Hospice or Zawiya al-Hindiya. It was here that, in the early 13th century AD, Sikh Sufi saint Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar, better known ...