Punjab Puts Province on High Alert With Sweeping Security Plan for Youm-e-Shahadat on March 11
Officials aim to deter sectarian provocation through drone surveillance, strict speech and firearms controls, and safeguards for power and gas lines.
Overview
- Districts have been ordered to provide foolproof security at mosques, imambargahs, seminaries, shrines, and procession routes with additional police deployments as needed.
- Key processions will be watched by quadcopters for real-time crowd and route monitoring, with Lahore’s 21st Ramadan procession designated highly sensitive under extraordinary surveillance.
- Authorities imposed a categorical ban on provocative sectarian speeches and announced zero tolerance for public display of firearms with legal action for violations.
- Strict checking is being enforced at city entry and exit points, with law enforcement directed to track suspected miscreants and to implement the Punjab Sound System Regulation Act 2015.
- Power transmission lines and gas pipelines will receive heightened protection, while Rescue 1122, Civil Defence, health services, fire brigades, bomb disposal units, and ambulances remain on high alert with uninterrupted electricity ordered during events.