RAWALPINDI: Satisfied with the situation in the city, the Rawalpindi administration decided on Sunday night to lift curfew with effect from Monday (today) morning.

The curfew would be lifted at 6am, District Coordination Officer Sajid Zafar said. But he added that restrictions imposed under Section 144 would remain in force until further orders.

Mr Zafar said that government offices and schools would resume their work and private schools and markets in the city could also reopen.

Meanwhile, funeral prayers for three people who were killed on Friday in Raja Bazaar were offered at Liaquat Bagh on Sunday amid strict security measures taken by law enforcement personnel.