ISLAMABAD: After staying on for some hours, mobile phone services have once again been turned off in parts of Pakistan to ensure security on Ashura, (The 10th of Muharram) which will be observed today (Friday) with traditional religious solemnity.
Despite the recent violent incidents in parts of the country, the faithful are fully prepared to keep up the traditional religious devotion to commemorate the 'martyrdom' of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) and his companions at the hands of the forces of Umayyad Caliph, 'Yazid ibn Mu‘awiya, in 61 AH --14 centuries ago.
The mobile phone services have already started going down in vulnerable cities including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, Hyderabad, Chakwal, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Jhang, Narowal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Layyah, Rahimyar Khan, Sargodha, Bhakkar, Multan, Toba Tek Singh, Chiniot, Pakpattan, Khairpur, Sehwan, Nawabshah, Larkana Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat, Hangu, Lakki Marwat and Bannu.
Sources say the mobile phone service will also be blocked on the routes of Muharram processions in specific cities.
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