Just wanna say that my business suffered heavy losses due to road blocks and network blockage. i could not even work from home.

@Naxalite and your point? You are here and alive and well due to the sacrifices of these people. They sacrificed their lives so your children can live...The least we can do is sacrifice one day for them...

Religious freedom should be limited with in a boundary without affecting common person and affairs of the state.

@Naxalite ......... Your business not suffered by persistent load shedding? Your business not suffered by persistent law and order issues across Pakistan and mainly in Karachi? Your business not suffered by 16 Gazetted Holidays (Including 2 days for Ashura)? Your business not suffered by 52 weekly holidays?

beautiful pics as always dawn. thank you! this is beautiful i wish i was part of it

@Naxalite Oh... Work Extra on Saturday or go to your work on sunday. Its pakistan, and Our fore fathers fought to take this piece of land so that Muslims can practise their religious freedom.

good quality photos by dawn.

Proper accommodation should be made to minimize any inconvenience to the general public and provide safety to the participants of this religious activity. We can all live together in peace with compromise and respect.

You have covered many aspects of Ashura.

Seeing the huge number of people in the processions, one can easily say that the religious extremists and terrorists have miserably failed to curtail Hussani message. Now some people are bringing business in between to limit the centuries / decades old processions and other azadari activities. May be they don't know that everything cannot be measured in terms of money and nobody has the capacity to control azadari.

Very beautiful pictures and coverage. In an ideal world, this juloos is not supposed to cause financial losses to businesses and they should continue to work as usual. But, the present security situation dictates all those road blocks and slow-downs. Feel sorry for your loss @Naxalite.

Islam zindabad hoota hay her Karbala Kay baad. These processions are to commemorate the great sacrifice of prophet Mohammad (PBUH) family. The procession are peaceful and do not vandalize shops and public properties.

Good show of spirit. I think big facilities should be built either inside or outside the city to accommodate such large gathering without much fair of any terrorist or unpleasant incident happening.

@Naxalite How your business is suffered every thing is close in Ashura even a bank its a public holiday, what kind of business you are doing.

As much as I am for religious freedom, I am against public nuisance. Can't they celebrate privately and leave the streets alone.

Can't imagine the loss to our economy. So much security and all shops closed.

@Abdul Karim you could keep your shop open :) Did anyone forcibly closed your shop? And BTW Ashura is a public holiday, you should know that. You can keep your shop open on eid :)

I don't mind taking a break from my daily chores on Ashura. Ashura is a big day for shias and sunnis. every one should respect everyone's religious sentiments.

For those who made losses in business. 9and10Muharram is a public holiday asper govt. laws hence no business is required to be done. Holiday is announced in respect of occasion. FYI, Billions of rupees of business is done during the first 10 days of Muharram in terms of Niaz Nazar and lots of mourners and people other than shia and other non muslim make the most of it. Its all because of The Great Sacrifice of IMam Hussain A.S

Thanks DAWN for showing ashura mourning positively unlike the rest of the media

Muharram Processions are the symbol of love towards Hussain (a.s) the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (SAWW) where people exercise different things and methods of showing their grief. These processions are held worldwide mostly by maktab-e-Ahlaibait (as) generally known as Shia-ne-Ali(as) but a large number of people from other communities and religions observe it too with same enthusiasm and besides the main reason of mourning for some one like the great Imam Hussain, these gathering and matami processions are the source of getting attention of the world for highlighting the Karbala incident, it's aftermaths, it's importance and specially the message of firm and unshakable standing against the biggest evil of time. Salam Ya Hussain (a.s).

Ye kal bhi Zindabad tha Ye ab Bhi Zindabad hai Hussain(a.s) Zindabad Salam Ya Hussain(a.s)