KOHAT: District Police Officer Muhammad Umar Khan on Tuesday chaired a meeting to discuss security arrangements for maintaining peace on Muharram. The meeting was attended by sub divisional police officers, Station House Officers and police personnel assigned duties for Muharram. APP
The meeting was told that section 144 would be imposed and egress and ingress points of the district would be under strict surveillance. It was told that large Muharram processions would be monitored by drone cameras and video recording of meetings and processions would also be done.
Security personnel armed with modern weapons would be deployed on the hilltops surrounding the city. Afghan refugees would not be allowed to enter the city during days of Muharram and they would be restricted to their camps.
Mourning routes would be kept cleared of any hurdles and CCTV cameras would be installed on sensitive areas and procession routes.
