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Khar prays for Indo-Pak peace at Nizamuddin Dargah
New Delhi, Jul 28 (PTI) Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina
Rabbani Khar Thursday paid obeisance at the dargah of famous
Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya here and prayed for peace between
the two countries.
Wrapping up her three-day official visit, Khar along
with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and other members of the
delegation spent over 30 minutes at the dargah in Nizamuddin
in south Delhi.
Dressed in a salwar kameez, the 34-year-old Foreign
Minister was accorded a traditional welcome by the office
bearers of the dargah and was taken to Amir Khusro's grave
where she offered a chadar.
Khar, who arrived here on Tuesday for talks with her
counterpart S M Krishna, spent a few minutes there before
proceeding to the shrine of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya.
Since women are not allowed inside the shrine, she
touched the chadar with her hand and gave it to other members
of the delegation and office bearers who went inside and
placed it.
Khar, the youngest Pakistani Foreign Minister, then
offered prayers at the mosque adjoining the dargah where the
priests asked her to pray for "peace between India and
Pakistan."
"She prayed for peace between India and Pakistan and
also for improvement of ties between the two countries. She
was taken around the dargah by our nizamis and finally she
also offered namaz," Diwan Syed Tahir Nizami, one of the
office bearers of the dargah, told PTI.
He said they also prayed that Khar's purpose of the
visit should be successful and "there should only be love"
between the people of India and Pakistan.
At the mosque, Khar offered namaz and was presented
with a photograph of the Nizamuddin basti by the Dargah
authorities.
Nizami said prayers were also held for Khar's
"successful tenure" as Foreign Minister of Pakistan and for
her future.
"Whoever comes to the dargah, they come with a prayer.
They say their prayer in their mind. For Khar, we prayed for
her successful tenure as Foreign Minister and also for her
future," he said.
Media was not allowed inside the mosque and people
jostled with each other to have a glimpse of Khar. PTI ETB
SSB
Rabbani Khar Thursday paid obeisance at the dargah of famous
Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya here and prayed for peace between
the two countries.
Wrapping up her three-day official visit, Khar along
with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and other members of the
delegation spent over 30 minutes at the dargah in Nizamuddin
in south Delhi.
Dressed in a salwar kameez, the 34-year-old Foreign
Minister was accorded a traditional welcome by the office
bearers of the dargah and was taken to Amir Khusro's grave
where she offered a chadar.
Khar, who arrived here on Tuesday for talks with her
counterpart S M Krishna, spent a few minutes there before
proceeding to the shrine of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya.
Since women are not allowed inside the shrine, she
touched the chadar with her hand and gave it to other members
of the delegation and office bearers who went inside and
placed it.
Khar, the youngest Pakistani Foreign Minister, then
offered prayers at the mosque adjoining the dargah where the
priests asked her to pray for "peace between India and
Pakistan."
"She prayed for peace between India and Pakistan and
also for improvement of ties between the two countries. She
was taken around the dargah by our nizamis and finally she
also offered namaz," Diwan Syed Tahir Nizami, one of the
office bearers of the dargah, told PTI.
He said they also prayed that Khar's purpose of the
visit should be successful and "there should only be love"
between the people of India and Pakistan.
At the mosque, Khar offered namaz and was presented
with a photograph of the Nizamuddin basti by the Dargah
authorities.
Nizami said prayers were also held for Khar's
"successful tenure" as Foreign Minister of Pakistan and for
her future.
"Whoever comes to the dargah, they come with a prayer.
They say their prayer in their mind. For Khar, we prayed for
her successful tenure as Foreign Minister and also for her
future," he said.
Media was not allowed inside the mosque and people
jostled with each other to have a glimpse of Khar. PTI ETB
SSB
