Security at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar's shrine tightened for 771st urs.

DADU -- The administration has put in place tight security measures in and around the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and made elaborate traffic plans to avoid mishaps on the occasion of three-day 771st urs of the saint that begun in Sehwan town.

Devotees from various parts of the country have arrived in the small dusty town, many on foot, and took up lodging in tents and local motels. Several parts of the town close to the shrine had been declared a red zone, said Jamshoro SSP Imran Qureshi. He told newsmen that the shrine and the town would be monitored round the clock with the help of 400 CCTV cameras. 30 walkthrough gates had been installed at various entry and exit routes and 4,720...

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