Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan chaired a high-level security meeting to review law and order situation and arrangements made for Muharram processions.
The Interior Minister also reviewed requests forwarded by the provinces for jamming cellular phone service in different cities across Pakistan owing to ongoing security situation.
The interior ministry received requests for suspension of cellular services for 16 cities of Punjab, 12 cities of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, five in Balochistan, 12 in Azad Kashmir, one from Gilgit-Baltistan, Kurram Agency of FATA and Islamabad.