Share:The ninth Muharram’s central procession will start from Karachi’s Nishtar Park today, as mourning processions being taken out across the country to pay homage to the martyrs of Karbala. Security has been stepped up for the mourning processions and religious gathering across the country, while cellular services have been suspended along the routes of the processions. All roads leading to the routes of mourning processions have been sealed as the law enforcement agencies monitoring the participants of the processions. “190 SSU commandoes have been deployed for the security of the central procession,” the DIG said. “Special SWAT teams have also been kept on back-up alert to tackle any untoward situation,” DIG Karachi said.

Source: The Nation August 18, 2021 10:41 UTC