by PERVEZ HOODBHOY
THE sudden appearance of the footprint reportedly of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in the sleepy village of Dharabi near Chakwal has sent a wave of religious excitement across Pakistan.
At a two-hour drive from Islamabad, Dharabi is now attracting tens of thousands of visitors from Swat to Karachi. They seek blessings, spiritual enlightenment, miracle cures and relief from life’s stresses. A road that is sparsely travelled in normal times is now clogged with traffic, vendors of food and drink are having a field day, new businesses selling pictures and holy paraphernalia have sprouted, and a permanent shrine is under construction. The village could not have hoped for better.
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(Submitted by Feroz Mehdi/Insaf Bulletin