Eid to be celebrated amid tight security in Faisalabad

Eidul Fitr will be celebrated amid tight security arrangements here on Saturday. According to a police spokesman, Eid congregations would be held at 973 places, including 742 gatherings in mosques and 231 at open places. He said more than 5,000 police personnel and volunteers would perform security duty, whereas five superintendents of police, 13 deputy superintendents of police, 15 inspectors and 81 sub-inspectors had been deputed for checking and supervising security arrangements. He said police had set up 112 pickets at special points, including Kamalpur Interchange, Sahianwala and Deputy Wala where thorough checking of suspects would be conducted.