Sectarianism: 100 policemen moved to Skardu

GILGIT: Following sectarian wall-chalkings in Skardu, the Gilgit-Baltistan government has decided to send over 100 policemen to beef up the city’s security, The Express Tribune has learnt.

These policemen had been deployed in Gilgit a few months ago after growing incidents of target killing in the town, particularly the murder of Advocate Mir Nawaz Khan, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), in Gilgit in February.

“The decision has been taken to strengthen the security of Skardu and they [police] will go back in a day or two,” said an official, requesting anonymity as he was not authorised to talk to the media.

Shifting these officials to Skardu will mean Gilgit will be facing shortage of policemen during this time.



Published in The Express Tribune, April 12^th, 2011.