there would be complete ban on objectionable speeches and unnecessary use of loudspeakers.
“We would install 350 CCTV cameras, 45 walkthrough gates and 4 jammers. We would also arrange 6 sniffer dogs to check suspected persons," he said. "We would take strict action against controversial speeches. There would be no car parking in and around procession routes while their timings would be strictly observed,” he said.
He said that all processions must conclude after ‘Maghrib’ prayers and he has ordered full lighting system on all procession routes.
He said that main processions would appear from Sadiqabad to Qadeemi Imambargah, City to Qadeemi Imambargah, RA Bazaar to Imambargah Qasr-e-Sajjad, City to Imambargah Kamalpur Syedan.
He said that there are a total 493 seminaries in the Rawalpindi district and "we would deploy heavy contingents of law enforcement agencies around them to avoid any untoward incident." “Nobody would be allowed to stand on the rooftops on procession routes,” he warned.
He said that ‘Zuljinah’, ‘Alam’ and ‘Taazia’ processions will be taken out from different parts of the city and culminate at Imambargah Qadeemi in Mohallah Imambarah.
As many as 7,000 security personnel will be deployed to secure processions and ‘majalis’ and maintain law and order in the district. Moreover, sixteen companies of Pakistan Army, 10 companies of Rangers and 40 platoons of the Punjab Constabulary will be deployed in the district. Aerial surveillance of processions will also be carried out.
The district administration has also banned pillion-riding in the city for security reasons. Additional force of Special Branch Police, Elite Force, Constabulary, Women's Police and Rangers along with district police will be deployed to ensure security of the mourning processions. Police will also be checking vehicles at entry and exit points of the city.
The local administration has set up control rooms at divisional, district and tehsil level to monitor the situation.
The traffic police have banned parking along the procession routes and near ‘imambargahs’. Traffic wardens will ensure a distance of at least 200 yards between parking and gatherings.
The authorities have also asked the residents to not stand on the rooftops of buildings along the procession route as security personnel will be deputed on rooftops. The police and bomb disposal squad will carry out special checking of the procession route before the start of the processions.
The mourners will be checked with metal detectors and walkthrough gates would be installed at the entry points. The route of the main procession will be completely sealed and streets along the routes would be barricaded. Police have also prohibited vehicles and motorcycles to move with the mourning processions.