{"id":114714,"date":"2026-06-08T20:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=114714"},"modified":"2026-06-08T20:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:46:10","slug":"muharram-2026-punjab-govt-to-deploy-rangers-across-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/muharram-2026-punjab-govt-to-deploy-rangers-across-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Muharram 2026: Punjab govt to deploy Rangers across province"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department has submitted<\/span> a<\/span> formal<\/span> request<\/span> to<\/span> the Interior Ministry for<\/span> the<\/span> deployment<\/span> of<\/span> personnel from both<\/span> the Pakistan Army<\/a> and the<\/span> Pakistan Rangers for<\/span> the<\/span> purposes<\/span> of<\/span> strengthening<\/span> the<\/span> security arrangements in<\/span> place<\/span> within<\/span> the<\/span> province<\/span> during the<\/span> religious<\/span> observance<\/span> of<\/span> Muharram.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> request<\/span> for<\/span> assistance<\/span> was<\/span> made<\/span> in<\/span> accordance<\/span> with<\/span> a recommendation<\/span> made<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> Punjab<\/span> Chief<\/span> of<\/span> Police<\/span>,<\/span> who<\/span> has<\/span> deemed<\/span> it<\/span> necessary<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> heightened security environment that<\/span> exists<\/span> throughout<\/span> the<\/span> province<\/span> at<\/span> that<\/span> time<\/span>,<\/span> as<\/span> well<\/span> as<\/span> the need for a foolproof security mechanism whereby<\/span> potential acts<\/span> of<\/span> terrorism<\/span> or disruption will<\/span> be<\/span> prevented<\/span> by<\/span> members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Punjab<\/span> Police<\/span>.<\/span>“<\/span><\/p>\n

Security<\/span> forces will be deployed between Muharram 1 and Muharram 12 across<\/span> the<\/span> different<\/span> phases<\/span> of<\/span> each<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> security<\/span> arrangements<\/span> at<\/span> designated<\/span> locations<\/span>, including<\/span> major<\/span> processions, congregations,<\/span> and at<\/span> a<\/span> high<\/span> risk<\/span> location<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In total, the provincial government has requested<\/span> that<\/span> 137 security companies be<\/span> made<\/span> available<\/span> to<\/span> them<\/span> for<\/span> deployment<\/span> across<\/span> the<\/span> 37<\/span> districts<\/span> located<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> province<\/span> of<\/span> Punjab<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically<\/span>, the<\/span> provincial<\/span> government<\/span> has<\/span> requested<\/span> that<\/span> they<\/span> receive<\/span> 61 security<\/span> companies<\/span> from the Pakistan Army and 76 security<\/span> companies<\/span> from the Pakistan<\/span> Rangers<\/span> as<\/span> required<\/span> to<\/span> provide<\/span> the<\/span> necessary<\/span> coverage<\/span> of major urban and sensitive areas<\/span>,<\/span> including<\/span> Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan, Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, and Dera Ghazi Khan.<\/p>\n

Many<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> other<\/span> districts that<\/span> will<\/span> receive<\/span> security<\/span> during<\/span> the months<\/span> of<\/span> Muharram<\/span> will<\/span> include<\/span> Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Sargodha, Gujrat, Okara, Sahiwal, Chakwal, Attock, Jhang, Khanewal, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, and Rahim Yar Khan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department has submitted a formal request to the Interior Ministry for the deployment of personnel from both the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Rangers for the purposes of strengthening the security arrangements in place within the province during the religious observance of Muharram. The request for assistance was made in accordance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":39440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[42809],"class_list":["post-114714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-muharram-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114719,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114714\/revisions\/114719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}