Pillion riding banned in Abbottabad for a month

ABBOTTABAD: In an effort to increase security during the month of Muharram, the district administration has imposed Section 144 in Abbottabad for a month.



Under this section of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc), the magistrate may direct any person to abstain from a certain act or to take certain order with certain property in his possession or under his management.

According to a press release, the administration has also banned non-residents from staying in Abbottabad for a month.

Additionally, the administration has banned pillion riding for the month, while exhibition and carrying of firearms, purchase and distribution of cassettes, videos and written material containing provocative and sectarian-based hate speeches have been restrained for a period of at least 30 days.



The administration has also prohibited the residents of Abbottabad from standing on rooftops of buildings located along the route of mourning processions.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 6^th, 2016.