RAWALPINDI: Security has been placed on high alert following a district intelligence committee report that stated there was an imminent threat to law and order.
Section 144 has also been imposed for seven days (from August 13).
A notification issued by the district administration on Sunday said all kinds of assemblies, gatherings, sits-in, rallies, processions, demonstrations and other such activities are banned except for events organised by the government.
Carrying of weapons, laden batons, improvised explosives or any other instruments that could potentially be used for violence is also banned. Use of loudspeaker and pillion riding is also banned.
Separately, nine activists of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in Attock jail were shifted to Adiala jail on Saturday.
According to sources, the nine PTI supporters were arrested by the police from New Town, City and RA Bazaar areas in connection with the May 9 violence and were kept in the Attock jail.
However, after the PTI chairman was detained in Attock jail, a group of the PTI supporters had been shifted to Adiala. The nine detainees were brought to Adiala jail on Saturday amid tight security.
