KHAIRPUR: The Sachal Sarmast Yadgar Committee (SYC) has decided that the forthcoming 196th annual Urs celebrations of Sufi saint and poet Sachal Sarmast will formally be inaugurated on 14th Ramazanby laying a wreath on his grave.

Chaired by SYC president and Khairpur Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Saleem Rajput, the decision was taken at a meeting of the SYC held on Thursday to review arrangements for the Urs.

Programmes that wouldbe part of the celebrations include a literary conference, malakhro, sughar conference, exhibition of industrial goods and handicrafts, Mehfil-i-Sama and other such events.

The meeting decided that the next review meeting would be held at Daraza Sharif, where the saint`sshrine is located.

Speaking at the meeting, Akbar Shahani, who attended the meeting on behalf of Khowaja Abdul Haq Faroogi, the custodian (Sajjada Nasheen) of Dargah Sachal Sarmast, discussed various problems faced by people at the shrine during Urs celebrations.