Peshawar Central Jail. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Peshawar Central Jail is considered one of high priority since Dr Shakeel Afridi along with other Taliban militants are jailed there.
Jail authorities are asked to stay on alert for the next 24 hours.
While the army troops will be on duty, senior officers will be supervising the security of the jail.
More troops are expected to be deployed at all sensitive prisons, such as Bannu Jail, DI Khan Jail, and Hairupur Jail.
Security forces, along with the police, set up check posts at seven entry and exit points in Dera Ismail Khan on August 2. These measures were taken to ramp up security after the July 29 jailbreak, in which 250 prisoners, including 49 militants, were freed.
The seven check posts were set up under the provincial government’s instructions in order to tighten the law and order situation in Dera Ismail Khan.
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Why not disband police..they have been the fodder and easy picking for the terrorist with low moral, ill equipped and ill trained?? it will save some money and the policemen life...Army can be contracted to do the policing..!
Army in prison. Terrorists outside prison. New arrangement.
@WeWillWin: BUT, hardly any other country has lost 30,000 plus citizens to heavily armed militants!!!
@Gul Khan Momand: {Why doesn’t army get rid of these militants by executing them?}
Excellent idea. Anyway I had previously suggested after Bannu Jail Break that all high value, dangerous militants should be kept together in jail. At the very first signs of jail break attempt by Taliban they should be immediately executed as standard operating procedure. Attempt to free them forcefully should be proof enough of their guilt. This would deter all future jailbreak attempts. Alas it was not to be and we had DI Khan and GOD knows how many more in pipeline.
With what has been happening in our country, shouldn't the security forces be alert all the time instead of just the 24 hours mentioned above?
Why doesn't army get rid of these militants by executing them? Keeping them in jail without any trial put the lives of hundreds of police officers in risk who are guarding the prison.
Why is Army dragged into everything. This is job of police and they should be trained that well to protect jails. No other country than ours calls army to protect prisons.
Maybe army should be deployed through out the country.
12 years in war on terror and still we do not have anti-terrorism force
this is the best job that our army can do. bravo! Army led by real estate tycoons will do its best as security or body guards.
Great plan. Highly unlikely for militants to attack after 24 hours
Why Army can't take proactive steps? It needs to be deployed in order to protect. It should be more alert to dynamically intercept and counter threats.