Inspector General Police Punjab Shoaib Dastgir said that four layered security must be provided to s
ensitive and central p
rocessions and Majalis during Muhar
ram Ul Haram in all districts of the province whereas for security of mourners, walk thorough gates, metal detectors should be used for full fledged search and monitoring through CCTV and Video Recording should also be arranged in this regard.
He directed to off
icers that timings of p
rocessions and majalis should be followed at any cost and search, sweep, combing and intelligence based operations should be continued in the vicinity of s
ensitive Imambargahs, mourning sessions and Majalis whereas snipers should be deputed on roof tops of those buildings situated at the route of s
ensitive p
rocessions and Majalis and also deploy plain clothed commandos in Majalis and p
rocessions for security of mourners. He further said that, for arising sense of protection among citizens, under supervision of senior officers, Dolphin, Traffic and other field formations shall undertake flag march in all districts whereas special focus should given on cleanliness and lights on places of Majalis and routes of mourning p
rocessions of muharram. He further added that, in Majalis of women, lady constables with lady volunteers should be appointed for security and checking. He moreover said that, implementation of Loudspeaker Act should be ensured at any cost and there should be no delay in taking actions against those involved in propagation of hatred based religious literature and Wall chalking depicting sectarian hate. He directed to RPOs and DPOs to personally move into the field area for checking security arrangements of s
ensitive central p
rocessions and Majalis in their respective districts and regions and also brief the officials deputed over security about s
ensitivity of their duties in accordance with the current circumstances
so that they may perform their duties with full commitment and diligence. These views were expressed by him when he was chairing and directing to all RPOs, CPOs and DPOs through video link conference at Central Police Office today. On this occasion, all RPOs and DPOs via video link gave briefed about security arrangements of Muharram in their respective districts.
During the session, IG was briefed and told that during Muhar
ram Ul Haram, despite security of Imambargahs and Majalis, security of s
ensitive mosques and religious worship places of other sects and religion have been increased and during Ashra Muharram, in all districts of the province, overall 9127 p
rocessions and 36464 Majalis are being conducted so for security duty of such p
rocessions, 202768 off
icers and officials whereas for security duty of Majalis 235185 off
icers and officials shall be deputed. Likewise, 88129 police national volunteers, 17312 special police officials and 225186 volunteers shall also perform their duties. IG Punjab while directing to CCPO Lahore, all RPOs and DPOs said that it should be keenly focused that, officials deputed over security of majalis and p
rocessions should not leave its position until unless the last mourner leaves the place of p
rocession and Majalis.
IG Punjab directed to RPOs and DPOs that during Muhar
ram Ul Haram, strict implementation of Wall Chalking and Loudspeaker Act should be ensured whereas strict monitoring and supervision should be done for individuals listed in fourth schedule and defunct organisations. He moreover said that, police off
icers should keep close coordination with administration of Imambargahs and local peace committees and police off
icers besides offering their disties should take benefit from members of peace Committee
so that there should be no negligence with respect to security arrangements. He further emphasised that effective plan of traffic management should be implemented keeping in view timing hours of Majalis and p
rocessions
so that there should be an uninterrupted flow of traffic during central p
rocessions especially on important roads on Yume Ashoor. Addl IG IAB Azhar Hameed Khokhar, Addl IG CTD Muhammad Tahir Rai, Addl IG Special Branch Punjab, Zaeem Iqbal Sheikh, Dig Operations Punjab Sohail Akhtar Sukhera, DIG Headquarters Syed Khurram Ali, DIG IT Waqas Nazeer and AIG Operations Imran Kishwar with other off
icers were present in the session.