IGP orders high alert after Islamabad attack

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Aamir Zulfiqar Khan issued orders of putting the security on high alert across Punjab in view of an incident of terrorism in the federal capital on Friday morning. In the orders issued a day after he took charge as the provincial police chief, he directed that the security arrangements of sensitive and public places should be tightened in all districts, including Lahore.

The IGP directed the field officers of all districts to pay special attention to the security arrangements. He ordered the regional and district police officers to improve the security arrangements of important installations, places of worship, hospitals and parks in their areas.

Amir Zulfiqar Khan said that search, sweep and combing operations should be speeded up in all districts and checking at inter-provincial and inter-district checkpoints should be made more effective.

He said the Special Branch and Counter-Terrorism Department should beef up intelligence-based operations and provide all possible support to the district police personnel against criminals.

The orders were conveyed to the subordinate officials by the field officers.

Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mehmood Dogar also announced tightening of security measures and increased patrolling.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 24^th, 2022.