FAISALABAD – The city government, following Tuesday’s car bombing, has decided to reorganise the security arrangements to have a round-the-clock monitoring of government buildings, sensitive installations and offices.
Divisional Commissioner Syed Tahir Husain said this while addressing a meeting of senior police and civil officers to discuss the security situation in the city.
He added that keeping in view the recent tragedy, a fool proof new patrolling plan was being put in place to tackle all the potential security threats.
The meeting was attended by Regional Police Officer (RPO) Aftab Ahmed Cheema, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Nasim Sadiq and other senior officials. Tahir Hussain emphasised to bridge a proactive link between law enforcement agencies and intelligence agencies for the immediate exchange of information for the surveillance of the suspected terrorists and a pre-emptive action against them.
The RPO said he did not believe in ad hoc policies and reiterated his commitment to ensure the safety of people and property.
A security survey was being undertaken to strengthen the existing procedure, he further said and added that illegal parking of cars at the congested areas of the city was an obstacle for the security.
IJT, JI condemn bombing: Student wings from Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) and Jamaat-e-Islami held a peace walk in the premises of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) to condemn the terrorist attack that left 26 dead and more than 50 injured in Civil Lines on Tuesday. The walk was organised to extend solidarity and support with the bereaved families who lost their loved ones in the blast. The walk that was joined by more than one hundred students was led by IJT General Secretary Muhammad Waseem Akhtar and IJT’s campus Nazim Abu Baker Muhammad Saeed.
The walk that started from Animal Husbandry Department took a round of the campus and ended at main library building in the centre of the campus.
Abu Baker said that America was responsible for all the chaos and disharmony in Pakistan as drones and suicide attacks were two chips of the same coin adopted as a matter of strategy to destabilise Pakistan. At the end of the peace walk, the participants prayed for the departed souls and solidarity of Pakistan dispersed peacefully.
