104 Army, Rangers companies to be deployed
The Defence and Interior Ministries approve deployment of 69 army companies and 35 Rangers companies.
LAHORE:
A total of 104 companies of the Pakistan Army and the Punjab Rangers will be deployed in 27 districts including Lahore for security during Muharram.
The Defence and Interior Ministries have approved the deployment of 69 army companies and 35 Rangers companies, said an official. He said that the deployment had been requested particularly for the 7th to the 11th of Muharram.
They will not be deployed in Okara, Sahiwal, Narowal, Gujrat, Khushab, Hafizabad, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar or Mandi Bahuddin, as there is unlikely to be sectarian strife in these districts, said the official.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 20th, 2012.
A total of 104 companies of the Pakistan Army and the Punjab Rangers will be deployed in 27 districts including Lahore for security during Muharram.
The Defence and Interior Ministries have approved the deployment of 69 army companies and 35 Rangers companies, said an official. He said that the deployment had been requested particularly for the 7th to the 11th of Muharram.
They will not be deployed in Okara, Sahiwal, Narowal, Gujrat, Khushab, Hafizabad, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar or Mandi Bahuddin, as there is unlikely to be sectarian strife in these districts, said the official.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 20th, 2012.