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Summary Annual three-day urs of Sufi saint Shah Ruknuddin Alam has started in Multan amid tight security.
The custodian of the shrine, Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, formally inaugurated the ceremony by giving bath (ghusal) to the shrine. A large number of devotees from every corner of the country are coming to Multan to attend the urs.Walk through gates have been installed at the entrances of the shrine. Apart from the Daulat Gate, all ways leading to the shrine were sealed by barbed wires. The authorities have deployed some 2,200 policemen and contingents of rangers for the monitoring of the area.
