Rs619m set aside for Islamabad’s security

ISLAMABAD: The government will spend Rs619 million on counter-terrorism and security arrangements in the federal capital during this fiscal year. The Express Tribune has gotten hold of the document detailing the government spendings on the Public Sector Development Programme 2010-11.

The government will also spend Rs246 million for setting up an advanced forensic lab in the capital to improve post-suicide bombing investigations.

The government is likely to spend more than Rs12 million on building a security wall in two phases around the F-8 Markaz where district courts and the offices of senior police officers like the commissioner and deputy commissioner are located.  The government is also learnt to have allocated over Rs28 million for introducing latest security measures for all 14 police stations in the federal capital territory. This amount would be spent on building boundary walls, bullet-proof gates and acquiring security gadgets for securing the police stations.

Over Rs8 million will be spent for building a 2,000-seat auditorium in the National Police Academy. More than Rs88.5 million would be spent for five different housing projects for police personnel. In the first phase, Rs63 million will be spent on police barracks in the Diplomatic Enaclave, housing at least 100 police personnel.

About Rs10 million would be spent on building new barracks to accommodate nearly 100 police officials. The third project would cost Rs7.529 million for building accommodations for 100 police officials in F-7, F-8, G-9 and G-10. Quarters would also be built in H-11 in fourth project in which over Rs7 million would be spent.

The PSDP document shows that more than Rs37 million would be spent on new schemes including renovating the offices of the inspector-general of police in F-7 (Rs20 million). The remaining amount would be spent on the upkeep of the Police Parade Ground.

Published in the Express Tribune, June 9^th, 2010.