PHOTO: APPAshura processions for Muharram 9 culminated peacefully across the country on Friday amid heavy contingents of security troops deputed along procession routes. Cellular and transport services remained suspended in various areas marked sensitive by the relevant authorities. In Islamabad, the central processions passed through Sectors G-6 and G-7, with the city police, Frontier Corps and paramilitary Rangers deployed at various points along the route. In Punjab, 13 districts were reportedly declared sensitive with mobile phone services remaining suspended or affected today and 10 Muharram (tomorrow). Mobile phone and internet services have also been suspended in Quetta for three days.
