Hina Rabbani Khar prays for Indo-Pak peace at Nizamuddin Dargah

Nksagar -Sagar Media Inc:New Delhi, July 28th 2011:
Hina Rabbani Khar prays for Indo-Pak peace at Nizamuddin Dargah-Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar paid obeisance at the dargah of famous Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya in New Delhi and prayed for peace between the two countries.Hina Rabbani wrapping up her three-day official visit, Hina Rabbani Khar along with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and other members of the delegation spent over 30 minutes at the dargah in Nizamuddin in south Delhi.In robe, salwar kameez, the 34-year-old Foreign Minister was accorded a traditional welcome by the office bearers of the dargah and was taken to Amir Khusro's grave where she offered a chadar.Khar, who arrived New Delhi on Tuesday for talks with her counterpart S M Krishna, spent a few minutes there before proceeding to the shrine of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya.

Since women are not allowed inside the shrine, she touched the chadar with her hand and gave it to other members of the delegation and office bearers who went inside and placed it.Hina Rabbani Khar, the youngest Pakistani Foreign Minister, then offered prayers at the mosque adjoining the dargah where the priests asked her to pray for "peace between India and Pakistan."

"She prayed for peace between India and Pakistan and also for improvement of ties between the two countries. She was taken around the dargah by our nizamis and finally she also offered namaz," Diwan Syed Tahir Nizami, one of the office bearers of the dargah, said.

He said they also prayed that Khar's purpose of the visit should be successful and "there should only be love" between the people of India and Pakistan.