6,000 cops deployed for 447 processions

The Rawalpindi Police have deployed over 6,000 cops to provide security to 447 processions and 1,925 Majlis to be held in the city between 6 and 10 Muharram.

According to the police spokesman, special management have been made to ensure foolproof security during Muharram. Over 2,000 volunteers would perform duties along with officers and volunteers of the district police, ladies police, elite force, traffic police and dolphin force, he added.

He said special arrangements had been made to train volunteers, whereas officers and officials from Punjab Highway Patrol and Punjab Constabulary would also perform security duties.

Although the senior officers were ensuring security arrangements by reviewing the routes of the processions, the personnel were also being briefed in advance to manage the routes’ security arrangements, he added.

Moreover, security personnel will ensure the prohibition on the display of weapons and the use of loudspeakers. “No person will be allowed to enter processions and meetings without checking,” the spokesman said.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 7^th, 2022.