Imam-e-Kaaba delivered sermon at JUI's centenary celebrations

Prayer leader of the Grand Mosque of Makkah Imam Muhammad Salih Bin Ibrahim delivered a sermon before Friday prayers at the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) centenary celebrations in Nowshera’s Azakhel area today.

Along with Saudi religious affairs minister Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Aziz al Sheikh, the Imam-e-Kaaba arrived in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday.The congregation is being organised to celebrate the foundation day of the party, which traces its roots back to the Deoband school of thought’s political wing, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, which was founded in 1919.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president and PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari are also likely to attend the event, in which dignitaries from all over the Muslim world will take part.

The JUI-F is expecting around three million people to attend the celebration and some 25,000 volunteers have been assigned different tasks to manage the mega event.

Around 70 CCTV cameras have been installed for the security of the participants. Aerial surveillance of the congregation will also be conducted to avoid any untoward incident.

Around 18 restaurants will serve meals to 50,000 people at a time. JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman will also address the congregation, which will continue for three days.