Police to enhance security of National Assembly secretariat

ISLAMABAD:

Islamabad police have decided to introduce an entry and exit system for the National Assembly Secretariat and maintain a complete database of its employees to enhance security.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Islamabad Police Inspector General Dr Akbar Nasir Khan.

All the divisional Capital Police Officers, SSPs and other senior police officers attended the meeting where they decided to install an entry and exit system at the entrance of the National Assembly Secretariat. A complete database of all employees working in the National Assembly and Secretariat will be maintained while special cards will also be issued to employees in this regard.

IGP Islamabad directed the police officers to ensure foolproof security for foreigners. He said that police teams should visit the residences of foreign nationals, ensure the installation of security cameras and connect these cameras with the centralised system of Safe City Islamabad.

He stated that trained staff should be deployed for their security and their data should be compiled and scrutinised. The registration of all foreign nationals should be completed in time, he maintained.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 15^th, 2023.