Although such religious processions are not proved to be obligatory in our religion (neither from Quraan nor from Hadis), therefore, there is nothing wrong on imposition of a ban for such gatherings because life of a person is much more important than that of showing our religious emotions in such arrangements. But it is a hard fact that imposition of such ban may arise some sort of irritation among few segments of the society with there argument that a ban should also be imposed on shopping because people are gathering in the markets which may attract the terrorists to take advantage of the opportunity. To tackle this situation , the Govt. should hold a meeting with the participation of all the religious scholars to create awareness for the need of such security measures/arrangements and convince them to put off their such activities for a time being.

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Regards,
CHAIRMAN MAO