City Desk :
The holy Shab-e-Qadr, also known as Lailatul Qadr (the Night of Decree), when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), was observed across the country on Saturday night.
The Muslim devotees passed the night offering special prayers, reciting from the Holy Quran, holding milad mahfil, zikr, and other religious rituals, seeking blessings of the Almighty Allah for long life, peace, progress for themselves, their families, relatives, friends as well as the nation and the Muslim Ummah, reports BSS.
They also visited the graves of their relatives and Muslim saints and distributed sweets and homemade foods among the poor, neighbors, friends and relatives.
Marking the Lailatul Qadr, Sunday was a public holiday.