By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: Capital Cops have planned elaborate measures during Muharram-ul-Haram.
About 10,000 personnel will perform security duties adding that the security arrangements were discussed in a meeting presided over by the DIG Operations Sohail Zafar Chatha . The meeting was attended among others by SSP Operations, SSP Investigation and all Zonal SPs, SDPOs and SHOs.
The DIG Operations directed all police officials to ensure elaborate security plans and supervise all security arrangements themselves.
Additional deployment should be ensured to ensure smooth traffic flow in the city while special squads to be constituted for strict patrolling.
All police officials to maintain close liaison with peace committees and organizers of Majalis and processions in Muharram-ul-Haram. He directed to issue special cards to police officials deputed for security of religious gatherings and Imambargahs.
Sohail Zafar Chatha directed for strict security arrangements on gatherings and special checking of participants.
Strict vigilance should be maintained through safe city cameras and entrance of all types of vehicles in the surroundings of Imambargahs to be prohibited.
He asked to place barbed wires near venues of gatherings and jawans of police should be deployed at rooftops of buildings on the way of routes.
Arrangements for checking of participants of Majalis and processions through metal detectors would be ensured while strict vigilance should be maintained to ensure that security measures are in place by the police, the DIG Operations maintained.
He directed for maintaining close coordination among all wings of Islamabad police and staff. The DIG Operations said that walk-through gates must be installed at all entry and exit points of Majalis and processions and it should be covered through a large strength of policemen.
He said it is their top priority to ensure protection of the lives and property of the citizens and no laxity would be tolerated in this regard.
