Countrywide army deployment for Chehlum security approved.

The federal government has approved the deployment of Pakistan Army troops along with civil armed forces to ensure security on the occasion of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), which is being observed across the country.

The army troops will be deputed in all four provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir under Article 245 of the Constitution. The government gave approval on a summary of the Ministry of Interior and a notification for the deployment of forces was issued Friday evening.

Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah said that the military will perform security duties to assist the civil government on the occasion of Chehlum, saying Rangers, Frontier Constabulary and other forces will also provide security services.

The interior minister said that the soldiers of the Pakistan Army were already engaged in helping and rehabilitating the flood victims and army would simultaneously provide security to Chehlum processions.

The minister said that all forces were being deployed for maintaining law and order, saying all processions and security matters will be monitored from the Central Control Room established at the Ministry of Interior.

He said that special measures were being taken for the security of Chehlum processions, routes and...