PESHAWAR
\nThe \u2018Alm and Zuljinnah\u2019 mourning processions of the 9th Muharram was peacefully concluded in all districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Peshawar amid tight security arrangements by police and law enforcement agencies on Friday.
\nIn Peshawar, the main \u2018Alm and Zuljinah\u2019 procession appeared in the morning from Imambargah Hussainia Hall on main Saddar Road and later was joined by many other processions in parts of the provincial capital amid flagellation and chest beating.
\nThe mourners passed through the prescribed routes comprising Saddar Road, Kalabari and Fawwara Chowk where the organisers arranged water, milk and drinks for the Azadars.
\nThe religious scholars delivered special sermon on the importance of 9th Muharram, Ashura Moharram and supreme sacrifice offered by Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) and other martyrs of Karbala.
\nThey said the matchless sacrifices of martyres of Karballa were a great source of strength and inspiration for all Muslims.
\nAfter offering \u2018zuhrain\u2019 prayer, the procession culminated back at the Imambargah Hussainia Hall at Peshawar Cantonment.
\nThe 1122 Rescue Service had set up a medical camp to provide timely treatment to the mourners in case of any emergency.
\nThe participants were allowed only after body search by the police, law enforcers and volunteers.
\nWalkthrough gates were installed for screening of participants, and surveillance of processions was carried out through video-recording and CCTV cameras fixed for this purpose.
\nBesides deployment of 600 policemen and sniper shooters, the personnel of bomb disposal unit remained in high alert position and carried out security check of the routes through equipment.
\nThe entire city was virtually sealed and no vehicle was allowed to enter the area designated for mourning processions.
\nMany other processions of 9th Moharram were taken out from several Imambargahs including Bibi Zekri, and concluded at the originating points peacefully.
\nThe police have blocked all the entry points to the city and Saddar Raod to facilitate the mourners and avert any untoward incident.
\nIn Haripur, which had been declared the most sensitive district for Muharram, the mourning processions concluded peacefully at the designated points.
\nThe main procession of 9th Muharram was taken out from Imambargah Imamia Sajjadia Mohallah Motian in Haripur and ended at Imambargah Qadeemia Mohalla Chowki police. The mourners from different parts of the district participated. The route had been cordoned off by the personnel of police and elite force besides law enforcers where participants passed through special security mechanism.
\nIn Kohat, the mourners\u2019 processions was concluded peacefully where clerics paid rich tributes to sacrifices of martyrs of Karbala and urged the Muslim Ummah to follow the footprints of the martyrs.
\nIn Lakki Marwat, the 9th Muharram procession ended peacefully in Mohallah Sayyedan in the city.
\nThe procession taken out from Imambargah Kashana Bukhari that culminated at the starting point after passing through traditional route.
\nIn Parachinar of Kurram district, the main mouring procession was taken out from Central Imam Bargah and passed through prescribed routes before culminated at the said place.
\nFederal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development, Sajid Hussain Turi visited the Crisis Management and Control Room at DC Office Parachinar where he was briefed about security plan of Ashura Muharram.
\nThe minister participated in the \u2018Alm and Zuljinah\u2019 procession along with the leaders of Peace Committee and also met the leaders of Markazi Imambargah, Parachinar.
\nDeputy Commissioner Kurram, Syed Saiful Salam Shah and District Police Officer Muhammad Imran accompanied him.
\nIn Mansehra, DI Khan, Nowshera and other districts, the 9th Moharram processions were peacefully concluded after passing through prescribed routes at flagellation and chest beating.
\nThe religious scholars paid glowing tributes to the matcless sacrifices offered by Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his fellows in the scorching heat of Karbala for supremacy of Islam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The \u2018Alm and Zuljinnah\u2019 mourning processions of the 9th Muharram was peacefully concluded in all districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Peshawar amid tight security arrangements by police and law enforcement agencies on Friday. In Peshawar, the main \u2018Alm and Zuljinah\u2019 procession appeared in the morning from Imambargah Hussainia Hall on main Saddar Road and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-346114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n