Muharram security steps reviewed
Inspector General Police Shoaib Dastgir held a meeting with a delegation of religious scholars to discuss security for Muharram. The delegation included provincial head of Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen Allama Abdul Khaliq Asdi, Allama Syed Hassan Raza Hamdani, Chairman Azadari Cell Syed Khurram Naqvi, former chairman of Imamia Organisation Pakistan Afsar Hussain Khan, Maulana Muhammad Khan, Syed Husnain Jafar Zaidi, Syed Hassan Kazmi and Rai Nasir. Speaking to the participants of the meeting, the IGP said RPOs and DPOs have been directed to remain alert round the clock for providing security to 36,464 Majalis and 9,127 processions during Muharram. He said senior officers would be monitoring security arrangements by visiting field areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 18th, 2020.