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May 3, 2021
Mourning processions would not be allowed across the province on the occasion of Hazrat Ali a.s Day this year, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Inam Ghani here on Sunday said.
According to the orders of the provincial government and guidelines of the NCOC, mourning processions were not allowed across the province on Hazrat Ali a.s Day this year, he added.
He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting on security arrangements for Hazrat Ali a.s Day at the camp office.
He further said that on Hazrat Ali a.s Day, only Majalis would be held in the province under strict implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) of Coronavirus for which police teams would provide full security.
Punjab Inspector General of Police Inam Ghani says action will be taken over any kind of violations. DawnNewsTV/File
LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police Inam Ghani says Youm-i-Ali mourning processions are not allowed to save the lives of people due to the surge in the coronavirus cases and action will be taken over any kind of violations.
He said the provincial government and the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had banned Youm-i-Ali mourning processions across the province this year.
“Only Majalis are allowed under strict implementation of coronavirus SOPs on Youm-i-Ali.”
The IGP said the love for Ahl-e-Bayt (the family of the Prophet) was a part of their faith but the decision not to hold the processions was taken only to stop the spread of the pandemic. He said the processions were not allowed due to gravity of the situation; otherwise, the government did not want to stop the processions in memory of Ahl-e-Bayt.
Footage exposes fake police encounter of Lahore police
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Footage exposes fake police encounter of Lahore police
LAHORE (Dunya News) - A police encounter in Kahna an area of Lahore has turned out to be fake as the police shot dead the arrested dacoits, showed a video obtained by Dunya News.
Footage showed that the robbers were chased by the police and caught alive. DIG Operations Lahore took notice and handed over the inquiry to SSP Operations.
Earlier, an FIR was also registered after the police encounter in which police said that four dacoits riding on two motorcycles were looting the people in the area when the patrolling team reached there. On seeing the police team, the dacoits opened fire on which the police also fired on them. As a result, two dacoits were killed on the spot while the other two managed to escape from the scene.