Deployment of contingents of Rangers and Pakistan Army has been approved for security of key installations, business points, markets and processions during Muharram.
Sources privy to the government stated that the paramilitary and military personnel would help secure the province and counter any untoward incident during the month that sees many processions and gatherings of religious importance.
The security personnel will be deployed in major cities including Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi and others.
Reportedly, three companies of Rangers and the military each would be deployed in the provincial capital.
