5,500 guarding processions today

Our Staff Reporter MULTAN - As many as 5,500 police officials, walk-through-gates, CCTV cameras have been deputed on different locations of the City to intact law and order on Youm-e-Ashura. According to police sources, 24 places have been declared sensitive by the district administration where 550 police officials including 300 officials from civil defence, walk-through-gates and 42 close circuit cameras have been deployed to avoid any unpleasant incident. The sources disclosed that 81 processions in which 39 were licensed and 37 were traditional would be taken out. On Muharram 10, 132 processions would be taken out in the City in which 88 were licensed and 26 were traditional. More than 100 Majils held and 132 processions were taken out from different area till Muharram 9th.

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