Shiite Muslims in Pakistan observe the month of Muharram

Pakistani Shiite Muslims are participating in a procession to mark the sacred month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on June 28, 2025. Shiite Muslims are observing the holy month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Its climax is the Ashura festival commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century