TAXILA: Over 1,000 police personnel would guard 73 majalis and six mourning processions which would be taken out on Muharram 8 from different parts of Attock on Sunday (today).

Talking to newsmen on Saturday, acting district police of ficer (DPO) Imran Razzaque said five DSPs, 10 SHOs, 180 sub-inspectors/ASIs , 119 head constables, 1,100 constables, 20 lady constables and Elite Force personnel would be deployed on the occasion.

He said besides policemen, 487 volunteers from various organisations would guard the religious gatherings, adding that the process of consultation with members of the peace committee and organisers of processions and majalis at the district, tehsil and police station levels had been completed.

Responding to a question, he said during Muharram, 754 majalis were being organised across the districtin which 66were inAttock,70inHassanabdal,173inFatehjang,325inPindigheb and 120 in Jand while 145 Zuljinnah processions would be taken out which include 29 licensed and 116 traditional.

He said 28 processions had been declared sensitive and placed in category A, adding that control rooms were being established at the tehsil and district levels to monitor the situation and handle any untoward incident.

The police of ficer said all processions would pass through their designated routes and no route violation would be allowed, adding that close circuit cameras had been installed to monitor the majalis and processions.

The DPO said the army, Rangers Bomb Disposal Squad personnel would remain on stand-by to help the district administration and police to deal with any kind of emergency.

During the Ashura processions, residents will not be allowed on rooftops, balconies, plazas and houses, the of ficial said, adding that participants of the mourning procession would have to pass through walk-through gates while all streets along the routes of the processions would be sealed with barbed wire.