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Each part of the city had its own way to observe the holy month of Muharram
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Country-wide Muharram 9 processions come to an end amid tight security
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
Aerial surveillance and monitoring via cameras ensured across cities; thousands of police personnel deployed for security -
In Karachi, the main procession will begin from Nishtar Park at 1pm; in Islamabad it will emerge from Markazi Imambargah Asna Ashri
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SSGC decides not to suspend gas supply from August 5-8; gas supply to captive power plants, industries will also be ensured
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Federal government approves two-day holiday for Ashura (Muharram 9-10)
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Procession to start from Imamia Imambargah and end at Hussaini Imambargah
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Ashura holidays will fall on August 9 and 8 this year
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Pakistanis advised to mask up at Muharram gatherings amid COVID-19 outbreak
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
NIH reports one COVID death overnight, 661 fresh cases as month of Muharram starts across Pakistan -
Muharram Chand 2022: Moon not sighted, Ashura to be observed August 9
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
First Muharram will be on Sunday (July 31) which will mark the beginning of the new Islamic year, 1444 AH -
New moon of Muharram will be born on crossing conjunction point at 22:54 PST on July 28
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President Arif Alvi sends out message to nation on significance of Ashura and martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA)
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Main Muharram procession will start from Nishtar Park and conclude at Imambargah Hussainian Iranian in Karachi
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Punjab devises plan for participants during Muharram gatherings
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
Door-to-door vaccination to be done for citizens willing to attend processions and majalis -
Muharram moon sighting 2021: Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meets in Quetta
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Moulana Khabir Azad is presiding over the meeting -
Muharram moon sighting 2021: Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to meet on Monday
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
According to astronomical parameters, there is a good chance of the new moon being sighted on Monday evening -
COVID-19: What are the SOPs for majalis and processions during Muharram
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
Only licensed and traditional processions will be allowed this year -
Indian troops prevent Muharram processions in Occupied Kashmir
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
A Kashmiri Muslim mourner shouts slogans from a police van after his detention during a Muharram procession in Srinagar. File photo:AFP Indian troops continued to impose strict restrictions in Occupied Kashmir to prevent people from taking out Muharram processions on Saturday, Kashmir Media Service reported. Authorities deployed Indian troops, police and paramilitary personnel in full riot gear across Srinagar to stop the Muharram processions. Pedestrian movement has been suspended, while the forces have placed coils of razor-fitted wire on the main roads to prevent movement of traffic. Officials told media that the restrictions will remain in force until Ashura on Sunday (10th Muharram). Main Muharram processions are banned in the occupied territory since 1990, and only small mourning rallies are allowed in selected areas. Meanwhile, Indian police arrested dozens of mourners including a minor boy, during a Muharram procession near Jehangir Chowk on Friday. Scores of people were injured due to the use of brute force on mourners by Indian troops and police personnel in Srinagar. -
Muharram security: Cellular services partially suspended in major cities
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
KARACHI: Mobile phone services were again partially suspended in major cities across the country on Saturday due to strict security arrangements to safeguard Muharram processions. Cellular and internet services were partially suspended in parts of Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and other cities beginning today, as authorities finalised arrangements ahead of the processions. Mobile phone services had also been partially suspended in different parts of the country on Friday. The main procession in Karachi starts from Nishtar Park today and will culminate at Hussainian Iranian imaambargah in Kharadar. Ninth Muharram being observed across country amid tight security In Karachi, the main procession will be taken out from Nishtar Park Meanwhile, the streets and roads linked to MA Jinnah Road have been blocked with shipping containers. A large number of police and paramilitary troops have been deployed on the route of the main procession. The government has already banned pillion riding in Karachi, Quetta and Peshawar in wake of Ashura security. Metro bus services have also been suspended in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on 9th and 10th Muharram. -
9th Muharram being observed across country amid tight security
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
KARACHI: Mourners will take out processions across the country on Saturday, the ninth of Muharram, to pay homage to the martyrs of Karbala. In Karachi, the main procession will be taken out from Nishtar Park, while in Lahore it will be taken out from Pando Street. The yearly processions will be taken out today from Quetta, Rawalpindi and Peshawar. Strict security measures have been taken in light of the occasion. The mobile and internet services have been suspended in the parts of the country. In Peshawar and Quetta, for three-days a ban has been placed on pillion-riding. The metro service will remain suspended in Islamabad and Rawalpindi today and on the 10th of Muharram. On Friday, the main mourning procession for the eighth of Muharram was taken out in Karachi, which commenced from the Nishter Park after Zuhr prayers and reached peacefully at Husainian Iranian Kharadar after Maghrib prayers. The 10th of Muharraum, Youm-e-Ashur, will be observed with great reverence on Sunday. geo_embedgallery -
Sindh seeks to suspend mobile phone services on 9th, 10th Muharram
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
KARACHI: Home Minister Sindh Sohail Anwar Khan Siyal has approached the interior ministry to suspend mobile phone services in major cities across the province on 9th and 10th Muharram, Geo News reported. The home minister is awaiting a decision by the interior ministry on suspension of mobile phone services in major cities including Karachi, as part of security arrangements for Ashura, which will be observed on Sunday. Media will be notified as soon as a decision is made by the interior ministry in this regard, he said. Meanwhile, the Sindh home minister has issued directives to police to ensure deployment of heavy force under Muharram Contingency Plan 2017 in order to ensure extraordinary security measures in the province. According to the Muharram contingency plan, police is ensuring strict security cover at over 1,520 Imambargahs, 12,700 Majalis, 4,150 mourning processions and 1,400 Tazia processions in the province. Electronic and visual surveillance and use of sniffer dogs for explosives detection and sweeping of routes and venues will be carried out by Bomb Disposal Unit, especially at under-construction buildings. -
ISLAMABAD: A zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced on Thursday that the moon of Muharram-ul-Haram has been sighted and the Ashura would fall on October 1 (Sunday). The zonal committee also informed this to the Ruet-e-Hilal Central Committee, which is also meeting for the sighting the moon of Muharram-ul-Haram. The central committee is being presided over by its Chairman Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman.