[DAWN] QUETTA: In view of security threats, the Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
government has decided to impose a ban on riding double on the eve of Youm-e-Ali in the scenic provincial capital.
Home Secretary Balochistan, Akbar Hussain Durrani on Saturday told Dawn.com that article 144 would be intact for a day in the city to ensure peace.
"Except Quetta, there would be no ban on riding double in other cities of Balochistan," Durrani said.
The provincial government has already placed paramilitary troops and police on a high alert to avert any untoward incident on the occasion.
The home secretary stated that so far no decision was made to suspend mobile phone services in Quetta. Security on roads and streets leading to Hazara Town, Alamdar road and other areas has been tightened.
"Frontier Corps and Police are deployed at all sensitive points in the city," Durrani informed.
The government has already declared 55 Imam Bargahs as sensitive for Youm-e-Ali. The provincial high ups held a high level law and order meeting to evolve an effective security strategy in the city.