Muharram arrangements for Faisalabad reviewed

Punjab Cabinet Sub Committee for Law & Order headed by Punjab Minister for Law Raja Basharat visited here to review the Muharram arrangements in Faisalabad division. Punjab Minister for Sports Rai Taimur Bhatti, Punjab Minister for Population Welfare Hasham Dogar, IG Police Punjab Captain Arif Nawaz (retd), Additional Chief Secretary Ali Murtaza, and Additional IG CTD Rai Tahir were included in Punjab Cabinet Committee who held meeting with Divisional Peace Committee at Circuit House.
Provincial Ministers Cooperative and Women Development Mehr Aslam Bharwana, Ashifa Riaz Fatyana, Parliamentarians Sheikh Khurram Shahzad, Latif Nazar, Divisional Commissioner Mahmood Javed Bhatti, RPO Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, Deputy Commissioner Sardar Saif Ullah Dogar, CPO Azhar Akram and Deputy Commissioners and DPOs of other district and officers of divisional and district administration were also present.
Addressing the participants, Punjab Minister for Law Raja Basharat pointed out the important role of Ulema Karam for maintaining religious harmony and peace during Muharramul Haram and lauded the valuable cooperation of Ulema for making the Muharram Security arrangement a success. He said that under the directions of CM Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar the Punjab government had mobilized all out resources to maintain peaceful atmosphere during Muharram and these arrangements would be made more effective and strengthened by the guidance and proposals of religious leaders.
He urged upon the religious leaders and scholars to forge unity among their ranks and sentiments of brotherhood, fraternity and national solidarity be promoted to foil the nefarious designs of the enemies of the country. He said that Punjab Cabinet sub Committee was visiting divisional headquarters of the province to sensitize the administration for the effective implementation of Muharram arrangements and also calling on Ulema Karam of all sects for seeking their cooperation and help for peaceful observation of Muharramul Haram.
He said that Islam taught us lesson of peace and love and nobody could jeopardize the peaceful atmosphere due to our unity following the golden principles of Islam. He stressed upon following the code of conduct set by the leading Ulema and religious leaders of all sects unanimously.
During the meeting the members of Divisional Peace Committee Sahibzada Zahid Mehmood Qasmi, Mufti Zia Madni, Syed Tajamal Hussain Zaidi, Mufti Abdul Moeed, Molana Naseer Ud din Naseer, Aslam Bhalli, Haji Muhammad Raza Shah, Molana Zahid Anwar and other assured their full cooperation for maintaining the religious harmony and peace during the Muharramul Harram.
They said that no one would be allowed to plunder peaceful atmosphere. They presented some suggestions for making the Muharram security arrangements more effective and strong. Divisional Commissioner, RPO, Deputy Commissioners, CPO and DPOs and other officers informed the meeting about the details of the meetings with the peace committees and said that divisional and district administrations had developed close liaison with the Ulema Karam of all sects and some religious issues had also been resolved with their cooperation and help.
Meanwhile, the Punjab Cabinet Sub Committee also took briefing about the security plan of the divisional and district administrations of Faisalabad division during the session held at Circuit House. Commissioner Mahmood Javed Bhatti and RPO Ghulam Mahmood Dogar gave briefing about the Muharram arrangements.
Deputy Commissioners of Faisalabad, Jhang, Chiniot Districts Sardar Saifullah Dogar, Tahir Watoo, Aman Anwar Qadwai, CPO Azhar Akram, DPOs Atta ur Rehman, Syed Husnain Haider, Waqar Qureshi and others were also present in the meeting. During the briefing, Divisional Commissioner and RPO informed that during the Ashra Muharram special security arrangements had been made for the protection of these events.
They said flash points have been identified and special deployment had been arranged to avoid any untoward incident. They informed that the cleanliness of the muharram procession routs, removal of encroachments, repair of roads and other necessary measures had been taken in this regard. They informed that control room would also work at divisional, district and tehsil levels for the monitoring of muharram arrangements.
Punjab Minister for Law directed for strict implementation muharram plan and said that code of conduct be implemented in letter and spirit. He said that no violation of timing of processions and use of loudspeakers should be reported and audio video recording be made of important processions and majalis besides activation of CCTV Cameras of all angels. He said peace committees should be remained active and religious issues if any be solved immediately. He urged upon associating of parliamentarians with the Muharram arrangements for maintaining religious harmony and brotherhood on grass rout level.
IG Punjab Capt Arif Nawaz (retd) directed the police to complete all security measures according to the check list and four tiers security should be ensured at vulnerable points of Muharram processions. Punjab Minister for Sports Rai Tamuir Bhatti and Punjab Minister for Population Welfare Hasham Dogar stressed upon mobilizing the security gadgets and said that the muharram arrangements should be supervised even on union council level.