The graveyards are considered a pious place, but some people have been using them for evil practices like witchcraft, gambling and boozing. The complaints about such happenings are coming mostly from the prominent Muslim graveyard, Malkhah, located on the foothills of Koh-e-Maran at Rainawari area in Old City. The land for Malkhah graveyard also known as field of grave diggers was actually purchased and donated by known Muslim Sufi Saint Hazrat Mir Syed Ali Hamadani (RA) for common cause. The local populace have been claiming that the land, which houses burial places for thousands of Muslims, has become a safe place for immoral activities like gambling and boozing while evil practices like ‘witchcraft’ are also performed to harm people. The graveyard has become a narcotic den where boozers without any fear of police use to drink alcohol while dope-heads smoke weed and consume drugs in broad daylight. There is a need to wake up as a society and ensure that such happenings are put to an end. We should provide a helping hand to the police and other enforcement agencies to ensure that the evil practices and other related things in the graveyard will come to an end. Authorities should also take note of the evil practices and deal strictly with those using the sacred land for immoral activities. This is a grave issue and we as a society also needs to rise and take notice of what is happening around.
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