Business community calls for strict security on Ashura.

RAWALPINDI -- Recalling the tragedy grieved by local traders of Madina Market and Al-Umer plaza in 2013 on Ashura day in Raja Bazar, President Markazi Anjuman Tajran Sharjeel Mir urged the Interior ministries of federal and provincial governments and heads of law enforcement agencies to take stringent security measures for ensuring peace and security in the city during Muharram.

Talking to reporter, Mir said the city administration must take extraordinary measures by escalating snap checking and patrolling, effective monitoring of the city's entry and exit points, deployment of the additional police force and Rangers, installation and repair of CCTV cameras and other security steps so that all processions and other religious activities conclude peacefully.

"We cannot afford any further loss of life and property as it takes years to recover and restore businesses which were put on fire by the angry mob on November 15, in 2013", he...