Pakpattan blast: city wears mourning look

PAKPATTAN: Pakpattan is witnessing mourning after it was rocked with a blast that occurred at shrine of Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj-e-Shakar yesterday morning, Geo News reported Tuesday.

Preliminary investigations laid bare the fact the blast became possible owing to lax security.

Baba Farid shrine is hitherto closed for the visitors and the devotees since the blast.

Punjab Auqaf Minister Ehsanud Din Qureshi said it would take time for the authorities to reopen the dargah.

It should be mentioned here that Ulema-o-Mashaikh Conference would be held at dargha’s mosque today after Zuhr Prayer.

Meantime, it was disclosed in the preliminary inquiry of police that only two out of ten close-circuit cameras were functional at the time of blast. Auqaf is responsible for installing and taking care of cameras inside and outside the dargah.

The inquiry also exposed that two months ago, police and Special Branch sent a letter to Auqaf regarding a possible terror activity at rear door of the dargah and its adjoining wall.