Thu, 2024-07-04 19:23
ISLAMABAD: The government in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province will deploy around 40,000 security personnel to maintain law and order during the Islamic month of Muharram, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported on Thursday.
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar which marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala, where the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), a revered figure in Shia Islam, was martyred.
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