Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Police Karachi Akhtar Hussain Gorchani has issued a directive that strict security measures be adopted on Shab-e-Barat being celebrated today.
Gorchani directed on Wednesday that steps in this regard should be taken under a strategy and their implementation should be foolproof. The AIG instructed police officials that security at mosques, Imambargahs and graveyards should be enhanced. There should be snap checking, picketing and patrolling especially in the sensitive areas as well as at the entry and exit points of the city, he added.
All SHOs have been directed to monitor security steps in their respective jurisdictions.
The AIG also instructed that steps be taken for controlling the sale of the fireworks to ensure peace across the province.
