Karachi:The main procession on occasion of yome Ashur, 10th Muharram, in Karachi was taken out from Nishtar Park after Majalis that continued through the night of 9th Muharram, by renowned cleric Allama Shehansha Hussain Naqvi.
After passing through its traditional route, the procession is set to culminate at Bargah Hussainian Iranian Kaharadar in this evening, which marks Sham-e-Ghareeban.
As part of the security arrangements in the city, a ban remains in place on pillion riding.
Meanwhile, the MA Jinnah Road is closed for traffic with markets and shops in areas like Saddar, Empress Market and Regal Market sealed to ensure fool proof security on and around the main mourning procession’s route.
In Lahore, the main mourning procession commenced from Nisar Haveli at Mochi Gate, which after passing through its traditional route. It will culminate at Karbala Gaamay Shah in the evening to hold Shaam-e-Ghareeban.
The main “zuljanah” procession commenced from Imam Bargah Colonel Maqbool Huss okain and culminate at Qadeemi Imam Bargah after the maghrib prayer.
On the directions of Rawalpindi Division Commissioner Engineer Aamir Khattak, police have deployed 5,500 police officials all around Rawalpindi to avoid any bad incident.
