By: Arshad Kotgula
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Talagang: Like every year, the name of Chakwal district was also included in the list of other sensitive districts of Punjab during Muharram. Chakwal district is declared sensitive every time and the district administration is tasked 
to ensure that arrangements are not neglected. A few years ago in Chakwal, there was an explosion at the Imam Baragah during Muharram, in which precious lives were lost and due to some old incidents, the district is included in the sensitive districts. This time too, the district remained peaceful from 1st of Muharram to Ashura Day. Officers and all staff performed their duties and played a role in ensuring the peace and order of Muharram. A woman deputy commissioner appointed for the first time in the history of Chakwal led all these arrangements and demonstrated her administrative skills. Deputy Commissioner Qurat-ul-Ain Malik was active day and night with her team during Muharram in District Chakwal and Talagang and visited the routes along with DPO Chakwal Captain Retired Wahid Mehmood to make the arrangements and security of each procession full-proof. She held meetings with the members of the peace committee and informed that all the scholars should maintain the atmosphere of peace, spread the message of brotherhood and religious harmony among themselves so that Chakwal district is counted among the peaceful districts of Punjab. From the 1st of Muharram to the day of Ashura, Chakwal and Talagang remained peaceful. Commissioner Rawalpindi Liaquat Ali Chatta and RPO Rawalpindi Syed Khurram Ali also visited the routes of Chakwal main procession in which they expressed satisfaction over the arrangements made by Deputy Commissioner Qurat-ul-Ain Malik. Divisional officers inspected the security in the control room and monitoring of arrangements with the help of CCTV cameras. Commissioner Rawalpindi also paid tribute to DC Qurat-ul-Ain Malik for the satisfactory arrangements and congratulated other officers.
Deputy Commissioner Qurat-ul-Ain Malik issued a statement on social media on the peaceful end of 1st Muharram and Day of Ashura, in which she said, all the processions and gatherings of 10th Muharram have ended peacefully. From the first of Muharram until now, Chakwal Police, Rescue 1122, all the supporting institutions including the district administration remained on high alert. All of us including Assistant Commissioners, SPs, DPOs were present in the field. We kept a close watch on all activities so that no miscreants disturb the peace. Control rooms were set up from where security was monitored with the help of CCTV and drones. For the first time in Muharram, the Patwaris and Numberdars were also made to take the lead in the procession arrangements with the district administration for more convenience. Despite the monsoon rains, the staff of the Municipal Committees also made excellent cleaning arrangements, which is commendable.
Alhamdulillah, due to the effective meetings of the Peace Committee, no untoward incident was reported from any place. From day one, we tried to prevent miscreants from rising in these sensitive days. This was possible only because of the mutual consultation, brotherhood and religious harmony of the scholars of all schools of thought and all sects. The message of Chakwal being a peaceful and religiously tolerant district with the successful holding of Muharram processions is definitely a source of peace and happiness for me. While expressing satisfaction with the arrangements, they said, despite being a woman, she demonstrated her administrative skills. Our district is joining the list of strong districts of Punjab day by day under her leadership. Punjab police youth also performed their duties during Muharram and DPO Chakwal Captain retired Wahid Mahmood remained active.
