KASUR: The three-day Urs celebrations of Punjabi Sufi Poet Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri, popularly known as Baba Bulleh Shah, will start here from Friday (today).
Talking to APP on Thursday, Kasur District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Sohaib Ashraf said that foolproof security arrangements had been made to avoid any untoward situation during the Urs, adding that the adjacent roads had been blocked for traffic while the administration had directed the locals to use alternate roads.
He said the devotees from across the country and abroad had started reaching to participate in the annual Urs celebrations, adding the participants enjoyed the “mystic kalam” of Baba Bulleh Shah.
He said that 1,200 police officials had been deployed to ensure foolproof security duty during the Urs celebrations including 1SP, 8 DSPs, 16 inspectors, 42 sub-inspectors, 84 assistant sub-inspectors, 90 head constables, 800 constables and 70 lady constables, in addition to elite force, traffic police, civil defence personnel would also perform their duties.
The DPO said to monitor the security arrangements, rotational cameras had been installed at the shrine premises and important places would also be monitored through Safe City cameras.
