Pakistan's Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi chaired a meeting of the Paigham-i-Aman Committee (a national religious harmony body) in Islamabad on Tuesday, vowing to prosecute those who spread sectarian incitement on social media during the upcoming month of Muharram. Muharram, which begins on 17 June, is a period of mourning observed especially by Shia Muslims worldwide to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Husain at the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD, and has historically been a sensitive time for communal tensions in Pakistan. Naqvi announced that the peace committee would be strengthened down to the district level and that a dedicated coordinator would be appointed, framing the preservation of law and order during the holy month as a collective national responsibility.