Yaum-i-Ali processions advance, amid tight security

Published July 20, 2014
- Photo by AFP/FILE
- Photo by AFP/FILE
Pakistani police patrol a street during a religious procession held in Karachi. – Photo by AFP/FILE
Pakistani police patrol a street during a religious procession held in Karachi. – Photo by AFP/FILE

Security has been beefed up across Pakistan to ensure the safety of processions for Yaum-i-Ali. The processions are brought out annually to observe the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali,

A spate of terrorist attacks in the past have targeted the processions in major cities like Karachi and Lahore.

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