Raza Naqvi
Attock
The officials of district administration on Tuesday sit together with the members of peace committee, religious leaders of different schools of thoughts and administrators of the Imambargahs to review security arrangements for maintaining law and order during upcoming sensitive month of Muharram-ul-Haram.
The meeting of the tehsil peace committee was presided over jointly by Deputy Commissioner Ali Annan Qammar and district Police officer Syed Khalid Hamdani while Assistant Commissioner Adnan Anjum Raja, Sub Divisional Police officer Raja Fayyaz-ul-Haq, officials of sensitive agencies, scholars, dignitaries and leaders of all schools of thoughts and members of the peace committee have attended the meeting. The officials have discussed the security plan with the members of peace committees which has chalked in connection with Muharram ul Harram and decided to enhance vigilance and patrolling in the various areas for fool proof security.
During meeting it was decided that the route of central procession would be protected through barbed wire and the mourners would be allowed to enter the procession after a thorough checking and scanning by walk-through gates and it should be covered through large strength of policemen. They also appealed to the scholars, dignitaries and leaders of all schools of thoughts to cooperate with the district administration, police and the other law enforcement agencies during Muharram to avoid any untoward situation.
Speaking on this occasion, deputy commissioner Ali Annan Qammar has said that foolproof security arrangements should be ensured, more than the previous years, for maintaining law and order and protection of life and property of the people during the month of Muharram. He urged the officers to play an active role in creating religious harmony and brotherhood to defeat nefarious designs of the anti-peace elements.
