Overview
- The Home Department’s Sunday order renews a weeklong ban on protests, rallies, sit-ins, and assemblies of four or more people across Punjab.
- Displaying weapons remains prohibited, and loudspeakers are permitted only for the call to prayer and the Friday sermon.
- Publication or distribution of provocative or sectarian material, including on social media, is barred with law enforcement directed to monitor platforms.
- Exemptions apply to funerals, burials, weddings, on-duty government personnel, and court proceedings.
- The move follows a Nov. 2 order that lapsed on Nov. 8, with officials warning large gatherings could be soft targets for terrorists or exploited by anti-state elements.