Over 7,000 security personnel will perform duties during Muharram-ul-Haram in the federal capital to ensure high vigilance and foolproof security.
The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has made a comprehensive plan to ensure strict security arrangements during Muharram and decided to conduct regular security checking at the routes of processions and majalis. For this purpose, over 7,000 security men, including Islamabad police and Rangers will perform duties, official sources told APP.
Meetings of the ICT officials have been planned with religious scholars and organisers of Muharram majalis and processions. The organizers will cooperate with the police and law enforcing officials and activate volunteers to check the participants of majalis and processions by using metal detectors. Strict vigilance will be maintained to ensure that security measures are in place by the police as well as peace committees. The ICT officials will also visit all the routes of Muharram processions and Imambargahs along with police officials, they said. Security passes will be issued to the volunteers of majalis and processions and the participants will be checked thoroughly by metal detectors while rooftops will also be covered by the police officials.
Processions will pass through the fixed routes and timings of processions will be observed strictly, the sources added.
They said that over 7,000 security personnel will perform security duties and it has been also under consideration to cancel the holidays of cops of Islamabad police force.
