Bureau report
Blackburn
The annual grand Milad-un-Nabi procession was held in Blackburn with religious enthusiasm. The procession started from Masjid-e-Raza, Randal Street, and concluded at Jamia Madina Masjid, Oak Street. Scores of people from different parts of the UK attended the procession. Local people warmly welcomed the procession, and they set up food and sweet stalls along the route. The renowned religious scholar Allama Pir Syed Shoaib Hussain Shah led the procession, while Chaudhry Noor Muhammad, Chairman, presided over the procession.
After Zuhr prayer, the main Mehfil-e-Milad was held at Jamia Madina. Religious clerics, including Maulana Syed Usama Shah Bokhari, Syed Matiun Nabi Shah, Mufti Muhammad Ansarul Qadri, and Hafiz Zulfiqar Ali Raza, also addressed the gathering. Umrah tickets and food were also distributed among the participants.
