ISLAMABAD: Several roads in the capital will remain closed from Muharram 8 to 10 and over 500 personnel will be deployed to maintain traffic flow, police said.

On Muharram 8 (Sept 29) a mourning procession will start after Zuhr prayers from Jamia Al Murtaza and culminate at Imambargah Imam Sadiq G-9/2. The areas including Zulfikar Chowk, Khokhar Turn, G-9 Turn Kashmir Highway, G-10 Double Road, G-10/3 and G-10/4 Chowk, Street 16 G-9/2, Street 11 Tank Karam Road will remain closed.

Residents of G-10 and G-11 will have to use Ibn-e-Seena Road to travel to G-8, G-7 and Faisal Avenue, while residents of G-9 and G-8 will use Kashmir Highway to head towards Tarnol.

Another procession will be taken out from Ali Masjid G-7/2 at 8pm which will end at Imambargah G-6/2. Khyber Plaza Chowk, Street 7-A and loop Fazal-e-Haq Road, Service Road G-7/2 will be barricaded.

The third procession on Muharram 8 will start from Sector G-7/3-4 at 9pm and end at Imambargah G-6/2. Potohar Plaza Fazal-e-Haq Raod, Street 24 G-6/2, Iqbal Hall, loop Seventh Avenue, Service Road, Post Office will remain closed.

The main procession on Muharram 9 will begin from Imambargah G-6/2 and end atthe same spot.

The procession route will be Fazal-e-Haq Road to China Chowk, Post Office Service Road, Saddar Road Iqbal Hall to Melody Chowk, Munciple Road Lal Masjid to Shuhada Chowk, GPO and Luqman Hakim Road.

Published in Dawn, September 29th, 2017