Following the Interior Ministry’s warning of possible terror attacks and Bannu blast security across the country including Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir has been beefed up.
Intelligence reports said that Taliban can target important political, religious personalities, sensitive locations, importation public installations and in the wake of attack on security forces in Bannu which left 22 martyred, the Interior Ministry has directed the authorities of all the four provinces, GB and AJK to further enhance the security arrangements.
Additional contingents of law enforcement agencies (LEAs) personnel have been deployed besides increase in patrolling.
The Interior Ministry through special monitoring cell established in the ministry was monitoring the security situation across the country and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was constantly in contact with the monitoring cell. He was being informed time to time about the security situation.