Karachi: Traffic plan for Muharram processions announced
- 27-Jul-2023
The Karachi traffic police chief on Wednesday issued a traffic diversion plan for the processions scheduled to be taken out on Muharram 8, 9 and 10. As per the traffic plan, the main procession of Muharram 8, Thursday (July 27) will commence from Nishtar Park at 1:30pm and pass through Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto Road, […]
Pakistan condemns tear gas shelling on Muharram procession in IIOJK
- 18-Aug-2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned the use of tear gas shells and firing of warning shots on Muslims taking part in a peaceful Muharram procession in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafiz Chaudhri said in a statement that dozens of Kashmiris were reportedly detained and journalists subjected to […]
Mobile service suspended in Karachi areas due to Muharram processions
- 17-Aug-2021
KARACHI: Many parts of the metropolitan city have experienced suspension of mobile networks ahead of the Muharram 8 processions scheduled on Tuesday, ARY News reported. Saddar, Guru Mandir and Garden are amongst the areas that lay amid the procession route today and thus the networks here have been suspended owing to security concerns. The suspension […]
NCOC issues guidelines for majalis, processions in Muharram
- 10-Aug-2021
ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has issued guidelines to be adopted during majalis and processions in the month of Muharram amid the fourth COVID-19 wave in the country, ARY NEWS reported. According to the NCOC, the guidelines have been issued after consultation with the clerics and it was agreed that private majalis would […]
Cellular services suspended in parts of Karachi
- 29-Sep-2017
KARACHI: The cellular services in the city have been partially suspended on Friday as a part of security arrangements for Muharram processions and congregations. The Sindh government has requested the federal government to suspend mobile services in parts of Karachi from 10am to 10pm on eight Muharram, in areas where the processions will pass through. […]
Karachi: M.A. Jinnah Road sealed ahead of Muharram processions
- 10-Oct-2016
KARACHI: Police on Sunday midnight closed the roads leading to Karachi’s main traffic artery M.A. Jinnah, with containers for the security of the mourning processions on 8, 9 and 10 of Muharram, ARY News reported on Monday. The city’s central mourning procession will pass through the route of M.A. Jinnah Road to conclude at Imambargah […]