In Karachi, 6,368 police officials have been deployed in the city with snipers posted at main procession routes, according to a police spokesperson -- File photo KARACHI/LAHORE/QUETTA: The 9th of ...

MUMBAI: With the pandemic-induced restrictions still in place, mourning in the current month of Muharram is subdued. Earlier, during the first 10 days of Muharram, Shia pockets in the city used to ...

Millions of people worldwide on Saturday flocked to the holy Iraqi city of Karbala to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein (AS), the third Shia Imam and the grandson of Prophet ...

It was 3:30am in Khokhar Mohalla, one of Hyderabad’s oldest neighbourhoods, when streams of women clad in black crossed security barriers on July 4. Some carried sleepy toddlers in their arms; others ...

Shia pilgrims flocked to the Iraqi city of Karbala on Friday to mark the holy month of Muharram, snubbing calls to stay home as the coronavirus spreads. The pilgrimage was expected to be one of the ...