Online Desk  :    The first phase of next year’s Biswa Ijtema will begin on January 31. Home Adviser Lt. Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam announced the schedule on Monday after a meeting with two factions of the Tabligh Jamaat at the Ministry of Home Affairs. “The first phase of Biswa Ijtema will be held from January 31 to February 2 and the second phase will take place on February 7-9.” Followers of Maulana Saad Kandhalvi attended the meeting while representatives of Maulana Zubair Hasan were absent.

The meeting discussed several issues including the ground preparedness, law and order, handover of the ground, providing visa to guests, overall safety of VVIPs, VIPs, traffic control, and setting up control rooms, water supply and sewerage system. Moreover, it discussed measures to prevent disasters and accidents, first aid for the devotees, management of temporary shops, eviction of slums and illegal establishments, monitoring of sale of hygienic food at Ijtema venue,  removal of obscene movie posters and measures to reduce traffic congestion on the day of Akheri Munajat.