PESHAWAR: Imam-e-Kaaba Muhammad Salih Bin Ibrahim delivered a sermon preceding Friday prayers at an event organised by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) at Azakhel area in Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The 3-day congregation is being organised to celebrate the foundation day of the party which traces its roots back to Deobandi school of thought’s political wing, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, which was founded in 1919.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari are likely to attend the event along with dignitaries from all over the world.
The JUI-F is expecting around three million people to attend the celebration and some 25,000 volunteers have been assigned different tasks to manage the mega event.
Hospital and 12 dispensaries would provide services for 24 hours during these three days while premises would be kept under surveillance through 70 CCTV cameras.
Aerial surveillance of the congregation will also be conducted to avoid any untoward incident.
The JUI-F leader said that 7,000 washrooms had been established for the participants while food and book stalls established at different places.Aerial surveillance of the congregation will also be conducted to avoid any untoward incident.
Around 18 restaurants will serve meals to 50,000 people at a time.
