ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 (APP):Federal and provincial authorities have stepped up preparations to ensure peaceful observance of Muharram-ul-Haram, with a high-level meeting reviewing security arrangements for processions and religious gatherings across the country. The meeting was chaired by Minister of State for Interior, Talal Chaudhry along with the Secretary Interior. Home secretaries and senior police officials from all provinces, as well as Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), attended …
Federal, Provincial authorities review Muharram security plans
ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 (APP):Federal and provincial authorities have stepped up preparations to ensure peaceful observance of Muharram-ul-Haram, with a high-level meeting reviewing security arrangements for processions and religious gatherings across the country.
The meeting was chaired by Minister of State for Interior, Talal Chaudhry along with the Secretary Interior. Home secretaries and senior police officials from all provinces, as well as Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), attended the session.
Officials were given a detailed briefing on security plans for Muharram processions and majalis, with participants conducting a comprehensive review of arrangements aimed at maintaining law and order during the religious period.
The meeting stressed the need for coordinated and foolproof security measures to protect participants, organisers and the general public. Authorities were directed to strengthen surveillance, improve inter-agency coordination and ensure timely response mechanisms in sensitive areas.
“Protecting the lives and property of citizens during Muharram-ul-Haram is the government’s foremost responsibility,” Talal Chaudhry said.
He assured provincial authorities that the federal government would extend every possible support, directing them to immediately communicate any operational, logistical or security-related assistance required.
The minister also instructed home secretaries and law-enforcement agencies to make security measures more effective, underlining that vigilance and coordination would remain central to ensuring peaceful Muharram observances nationwide.
