PESHAWAR, March 11: The NWFP government has banned the entry of 46 Ulema and Zakireen — all from Sindh province — to the NWFP for a period of two months in order to ensure law and order during the month of Muharram.

A notification to this effect was issued by the Home and Tribal Affair department, NWFP, under section 5(1) of Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO), 1960, says a handout issued here on Tuesday. The notification has come into force with immediate effect.

Those who have been barred from entering the NWFP include: Zakir Asad Ali Sher, Khairpur, Allama Haider Jawadi, Sindh, Syed Haider Abbas, Karachi, Allama Abdul Hakeem Turabi, Karachi, Maulvi Abdul Ghafoor Jawari, Khairpur, Maulana Badruddin Hussain, Khairpur, Maulana Abdul Karim Mari, Khairpur, Maulana Ali Sher Haideri, Khairpur, Syed Ihsan Ali Bukhari, Jacobabad, Bandoh Ali Sooro, Jacobabad, Allama Mehmood Abbasi, Karachi, Fida Ahmad Dolo, Jacobabad, Dr Abdul Ghani Ansari, Jacobabad, Maulvi Badruddin Mokho, Shikarpur, Syed Safdar Hussain Shah, Shikarpur, Zakir Syed Muneer Shah, Shikarpur, Malang Roshan Ali Kakro, Shikarpur, Maulana Mohammad Shah, Sukkar, Syed Ali Bux Shah, Noshero Feroz, Syed Intezar Hussain Shah, Sukkar, Maulana Attaullah Toofani, Noshero Feroz, Ghulam Shabbir Memon, Noshero Feroz, Maulana Yaqoob Qadri, Nawab Shah, Manzoor Hussain Sajjidi, Noshero Feroz, Maulana Mohammad Haneef Khoso, Nawab Shah, Maulana Mohammad Ishaq Laghari, Ghotki, Syed Mashooq Ali, Nawab Shah, Maulana Ali Sher Haidri, Sindh, Maulana S. Chiraghuddin, Sindh, Maulana Abdul Qadir Pahwar, Shikarpur, Maulvi Abdul Wahab Bhutto, Larkana, Syed Ali Taqi Shah, Larkana, Maulvi Abdul Hameed Chandio, Larkana, Syed Ali Gohar Shah, Larkana, Maulvi Aziz Ahmad Shah, Shikarpur, Maulvi Abdul Rasak Mokho, Shikarpur, Maulvi Sultan Ahmad Laghari, Ghotki, Maulvi Akhtar Ali Lund, Ghotki, Maulvi Pohlwar Ali Saghar, Ghotki, Maulvi Maulana Bux, Ghotki, Dr Khalid Mehmood Sooro, Larkana, Maulvi Attaullah Mangrio, Larkana, Maulvi Mir Hassan Brohi, Larkana, Riaz Hussain Sahoto, Larkana, Qari Amiruddin Malik, Ghotki and Hafiz Ghulam Rasool Barohi, Larkana.

According to an other official handout, a meeting of prominent ulema of all schoolds of though would be held at Masjid-i-Karam Shah, Qisa Khawani Bazzar here on Wednesday. The meeting is aimed at maintaining law and order and promote religious harmony during the current Islamic month of Muharram.