KARACHI (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan ke Hindu itwar ko roshniyon ka tehwar Diwali manayenge, aur is ki tayyariyan Karachi ke mandiron ke sehnon se Tharparkar ke sehrai dehaat tak phaili hui hain.
Sindh mein lamba weekend: Wazir-e-Aala Murad Ali Shah ki sadarat mein soobai cabinet ne Sindh ki Hindu biradari ke liye, jahan mulk ke zyada tar Hindu rehte hain, peer 9 November ko chhutti ki manzoori di hai. Diwali 2016 se poore Pakistan mein ikhtiyari tateel hai. Peer ko Youm-e-Iqbal bhi hai, jo sab ke liye aam tateel hai, is liye bohat se khandanon ko teen din ikatthe milenge.
Punjab mein sarkari taqreebat: soobai wazir barae aqalliyati umoor Ramesh Singh Arora ke elan ke mutabiq Punjab hukumat ne soobe bhar mein Diwali ki taqreebat ka mansooba banaya, jin mein 4 November ko Rahim Yar Khan aur 6 November ko Lahore mein mela shamil tha. Unhon ne Sindh, Balochistan aur qareebi ilaqon ke Hinduon ko Rahim Yar Khan ki taqreebat mein shirkat ki dawat di, jo Punjab aur Sindh ki sarhad ke qareeb waqe hai.
Gharon aur mandiron mein: Diwali se pehle ke din safai aur sajawat ke liye hote hain. Khandan naye kapre khareedte hain, mitti ke chiraghon yani diyon mein tail bharte hain, darwazon par rangeen powder se rangoli banate hain aur Hindu hon ya Musalman, parosiyon ke saath mithai ke dabbon ka tabadla karte hain. Diwali ki raat woh Lakshmi puja karte hain, jo daulat aur khush qismati ki devi ki ibadat hai, is ke baad chiragh jalaye jate hain aur aatish bazi shuru hoti hai. Karachi mein markaz M.A. Jinnah Road par waqe Shri Swaminarayan Mandir hai, jo shehar ka sab se bara mandir hai, jahan guzishta barson mein mandir ke peeche chiragh, sajawat ka saman aur murtiyan bechne wale stall lagte rahe hain. Lahore mein markazi taqreeb umooman Ravi Road par waqe Krishna Mandir mein hoti hai, jise roshniyon aur phoolon se sajaya jata hai.
Sarhad paar Amritsar ka Golden Temple tehwar se aik raat pehle hafte ki raat roshniyon se jagmaga utha, jise Sikh Bandi Chhor Divas ke taur par bhi manate hain.
