Indian journalist wants someone to pray for his COVID-stricken family at Data Darbar

Taking to Twitter, Ashish K Singh asked Pakistani Twitter users that if someone can pray for his family suffering from coronavirus at Lahore’s Data Darbar—one of the largest and sacred Sufi shrine in South Asia.

Can anyone of my friends please pay an obeisance at Data Darbaar Today for my wife Shuchika,myself and my friends suffering from Covid please @AmbreenFatimaAA @ghulamabbasshah @irzakhaan @omar_quraishi,” he said adding that he will share names after receiving the response from someone.

Can anyone of my friends please pay an obeisance at Data Darbaar Today for my wife Shuchika,myself and my friends suffering from Covid please @AmbreenFatimaAA @ghulamabbasshah @irzakhaan @omar_quraishi Shall be very grateful ?? I shall send the names once you please respond ?

— Ashish K Singh (ABP News) (@AshishSinghLIVE) April 26, 2021

Later, replying to the Indian journalist, many renowned Pakistani journos replied with "Task Done".

Consider it done in max 48 hours.

— Ajmal Jami (@ajmaljami) April 26, 2021

Have told friends in Lahore sir - get well soon

— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) April 26, 2021

Located in Lahore, Data Darbar was built to house the remains of Ali Hujwairi, commonly known as Data Ganj Baksh. The site attracts more than one million visitors every year who pay their regards.

India’s current Covid wave has taken on frightening proportions, driven in part by a new variant of the virus which has double mutations. Earlier this week, India overtook Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of cases in the world, behind the USA.

Experts are concerned that given the low testing rate, India possibly has a higher number of cases than either US or Brazil. The country reported almost 3.52 lakh cases in the last 24 hours.

Real numbers could be much higher, with crematoriums and graveyards both running out of space across the country.