Security threats: 12-foot wall to be constructed outside Musharraf's farmhouse in Islamabad

Bomb-proof materials will be used to construct wall, all routes to farmhouse except the entrance will be closed off.

ISLAMABAD: A 12-foot security wall will be constructed outside former president Pervez Musharraf's Chak Shahzad farmhouse in Islamabad to ensure his safety, Express News reported on Saturday.

Capital Development Authority (CDA) machinery were brought to the farmhouse earlier today.



Express News screengrab of a truck transporting blocks to Musharraf's farmhouse.

Bomb-proof materials will be used to construct the wall and all routes to the farmhouse, other than the entrance, will be closed off. Security personnel will also be posted at the entrance.

There have been many attempts on the former military leader's life with the latest alleged assassination attempt on April 3, when a bomb exploded on the road through which his convoy had passed minutes earlier.

Explosives planted

• On January 1, explosives with three electronic circuits and remote control were found on the route scheduled to be taken to Special Court by the former president. The police had said 1kg of explosives was planted near the Chak Shehzad traffic signal on Park Road.

•  On December 30, 2013 five packets each containing 0.5kg explosives were found near Musharraf’s farmhouse in the jurisdiction of the Bani Gala police station.

•  On December 24, the day Musharraf was to appear before a specially-constituted court that is hearing a treason trial against him, a five-kilo Improvised Explosive Device was found in a briefcase along the route the former dictator would have taken to reach the court. Musharraf failed to show up for that hearing citing security concerns. A detonator was also found in one of the packets, police said, citing the Bomb Disposal Squad which was called to the spot after police were alerted.

•  On April 23, 2013, an explosive-laden car was found outside the farmhouse. The police had claimed the car was meant to target the former president’s convoy on his return from an anti-terrorism court from Rawalpindi.