Lahore police have inserted 1,000 more areas in its list of ‘sensitive locations’, in a move to enhance security across the capital, a local channel reported.
Police have also directed owners of these areas to beef up their security at the earliest.
According to the law enforcement agencies, number of sensitive areas has increased from 8,000 to 9,073, which are sub-divided into two categories – A and B.
Most sensitive locations exist in Model Town division and are 2311 in number. In Saddar division, 2,076 such locations exist, followed by Iqbal Town where the number is 1,571.
Government and private buildings, petrol stations, imambargahs, and mosques are housed at all the sensitive locations.
On March 28, a suicide bomber had killed at least 74 people, mostly women and children, at a park in Lahore in an attack claimed by a Pakistani Taliban faction.
More than 300 other people were wounded in the deadly attack. The explosion occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park.
