NAWABSHAH, Feb 9: The district government has banned entry of 18 Ulema in the district during Muharram.

The Ulema include Maulvi Abdul Hameed Lund and Maulana Asad Ali Sher of Khairpur, Abdul Ayub Bandhani of Sukkur, Abdul Ubedullah Sindhi of Badin, Maulana Abdul Maulana Unaidur Rehman of Kamaliya, Maulana Sultan Mehmood Farooqui of Multan, Maulana Mohammad Ramzan Noorani of Ahmedpur Sharkiya, Hussain Najfi of Karachi, Allama Ghulam Raza Rizvi of Chakwal and Zakir Mushtaq Ali Mushtaq of Lahore.

Six places, Shirazi Chowk, Murtazavi Imambargah and Kohati Baba Dargah Chowk in Nawabshah, Dahri Mohalla, Jam Saheb, Bandhi and Sath Meel towns, have been declared sensitive areas on the 9th and 10th of Muharram.

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