Pakistan: Peshawar Imposes Mobile Service Suspension for Muharram Security

Peshawar’s Capital City Police (CCPO) has announced the suspension of mobile phone services in the provincial capital on Muharram 9 and 10 (July 17-18) as part of a security plan to maintain law and order during the holy month, The Express Tribune reported yesterday.

The decision aims to “avoid any unfortunate incident during Ashura,” the CCPO stated.

Earlier, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government had decided to suspend mobile services in sensitive districts during Ashura. A high-level meeting reviewed security arrangements, with 40,000 security personnel to be deployed, along with special contingents of the Frontier Corps and army.

The authorities have also called for promoting religious harmony and tolerance during Muharram.