Pakistan, March 21 -- Shia Ismaili Muslims Celebrate Nowruz Festival Across Sindh

Shia Ismaili Muslims across Sindh are celebrating the festival of Nowruz with traditional fervor today. Different events are scheduled to be held in Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad and Badin after Iftar to mark the centuries old festival. The historic festival traces its roots some 3000 year back that marks first day of Persian new year and celebrated as the national festival of Persia. President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif extended felicitations and best wishes on the eve of Iranian new year.

Noted historian Dr Muhammad Ali Manjhi while talking to this correspondent shared historical significance of Nowruz in Sindh. ...