Overview
- Provincial governments have put Section 144 into effect for the first ten days of Muharram, with Punjab formally issuing the order on June 17 to ban new processions, weapons in public and rooftop observation posts.
- Punjab has activated a three‑tier security plan that includes 125,641 police deployments, requisitioned army and Rangers companies, 30,445 trained volunteers and live monitoring from Safe Cities control rooms.
- Authorities have rolled out QR‑coded panic buttons at 4,700 imambargahs and equipped field teams with over 5,600 CCTV feeds, 1,040 body cameras and additional 4G event cameras for real‑time response.
- Cyber response units in Punjab have identified hundreds of social‑media accounts they say spread provocative content and are monitoring and removing hate material while local police finalised search, traffic and emergency plans.
- Officials engaged religious scholars, district peace committees and service agencies to promote inter‑sect harmony, keep utilities running on procession routes and provide medical posts and control rooms during Ashura.