Tag: Security

MOHALI - Around 3,000 police will patrol Wednesday's high-profile India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final, the first match between the two arch-rivals on Indian soil since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Some 2,000 security personnel are expected to be deployed in and around the 30,000-capacity PCA Stadium on matchday.
An estimated 1,000 police have already descended on the luxury Hotel Taj in nearby Chandigarh where both teams are staying, a force which includes Indian army

KARACHI - The Sindh government on Friday issued orders for extraordinary security measures in the province especially Karachi after a suicide car bomb blast in Hangu left eight people dead and 25 others wounded.
All law enforcement agencies were asked to keep close liaison with intelligence agencies, follow their guidelines and prepare joint action plans for keeping the law and order situation in control. According to a press release, Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza

KARACHI - Rewterz, a notable IT firm, has highlighted security threats and vulnerabilities in mobile commerce during the fourth International Mobile Commerce Conference. Rewterz Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Faiz Ahmad Shuja highlighted security threats and vulnerability associated with the growing usage on mobile phones and ever-increasing number of mobile banking users.
"Smart phones are being integrated with greater functionalities and consequently greater entry points for

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed the transfer of security and development responsibilities from NATO/ISAF to Afghanistan government and facilitated the Karzai administration with assurance of full cooperation in future. "We have noted the important statement made by President Karzai on Tuesday in Kabul regarding the transfer of security and development responsibilities to the Afghan government," said the foreign office spokesperson, Tehmina Janjua, in a statement.
She

WASHINGTON The United States welcomed an announcement by Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that Afghan forces will begin taking responsibility for security in several provinces this summer. "As we have long said, the Afghans themselves must take responsibility for their own future - for providing security, for strengthening governance, and for reaching a political solution to the conflict," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Karzai said Afghan forces will take

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani stated that the security of the people of Balochistan will be ensured through close coordination between the provincial and federal law enforcement agencies.
He said that the miscreants who are trying to sabotage government's efforts for socio-economic development of the province will be apprehended and brought to justice.
The prime minister was talking to a delegation from Balochistan led by CM Aslam Raisani here at the Prime Minister

LAHORE - If Pakistan beat West Indies in the first quarterfinal on Wednesday, they play the winners of the last eight match between India and Australia in the semifinal at Mohali while the World Cup final will be held in Mumbai.
"Given the threats made by the Shiv Sena party warning Pakistan about playing in Mumbai and also statements made by some other extremist elements, the board just wants to be sure everything is in place if the team has to play in India," PTI quoted a

KARACHI - The regulatory situation after the eighteenth amendment and increased security issues have emerged as key hurdles in drilling during 2011/12 (only 24 percent target delivery) and pose risks to exploration and field development projects. But the earnings upside of two to five percent from lower exploration write-offs in 2011 and a relative dry patch in exploration news flow will lessen the impact of the issues mentioned in the case of Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL),

KABUL - Afghanistan's leader announced on Tuesday seven areas would be included in the first phase of a gradual transition of security from NATO troops to Afghan forces in July, including volatile cities in the south and north. The announcement was the first tentative step in a long process that will end with the withdrawal of all foreign combat troops from Afghanistan by 2014, a process agreed by US and NATO leaders last year. "Transition is the right of the Afghan people and,

ISLAMABAD - Despite numerous sittings during the last three years, parliament's special committee on national security has practically failed to get its recommendations implemented on issues of national security, including the US drone attacks. Although the committee has a federal minister as its chairman, the government has turned a deaf ear to its successive recommendations.
The parliamentary committee time and again expressed grave concern over the rise in drone attacks inside

QUETTA - Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani on Saturday expressed concern over incidents of targeted killing and abduction and directed the inspector general of police (IGP) and the home secretary for tightening security and taking action against the criminals.
The chief minister condemned the three targeted killings on Friday and sympathised with the bereaved families and asked the authorities to compensate them for their loss. Raisani directed the police to improve its

RIYADH - Saudi King Abdullah announced on Friday billions of dollars in handouts for his people and boosted his security apparatus in a renewed effort to shield the world's top oil exporter from unrest rocking the Arab world. In a rare televised address to the nation, the ageing king made a brief statement congratulating Saudis for their loyalty and national unity before a battery of decrees were read out suggesting he was embracing increasingly conservative policies. Amongst a wave

LAHORE - The security of the US consulate has been handed over to the Pakistan Rangers, while the provincial capital's security has been beefed up to curb violence during demonstrations against the release of Raymond Davis on Thursday.
Sources in the Lahore Police told Pakistan Today that about three to four thousand policemen have been deployed to secure important places in the city. They said that extensive security measures have been adopted by the Lahore Police to especially

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the federation, directing it to file para-wise comments against a petition challenging a commercial contract worth $233.7 million awarded to a foreign company for an extravagant security venture in Islamabad and Peshawar.
A two-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was conducting hearing on a petition filed by Shahid Orakzai that challenged the commercial contract which was

DASKA - A social security dispensary would be set up for the staff of Sambrial Dry Port, said Noor-ul-Haq, the employees union president, addressing a meeting.
He said all-out efforts were being made to solve the problems of the dry port workers with the cooperation of the management. General Secretary Baber Saeed also spoke on this occasion.
Saqib Cheema, Farooq Anwar, Mustansar Yousaf, Mian Riaz, Tariq Jatt, Nadeem Malik and Sheikh Imran were among those present there.

ISLAMABAD - Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, who recently secured another extension in his service, called on Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani here on Friday and discussed with him important issues with the focus on security and terrorism.
Pasha, whose current term as ISI chief comes to an end on March 18, has been given a one-year extension by the president on the advice of the PM, with the former signing the summary in this regard. "The

LAHORE - Recent reports that terrorists could create trouble and put the cricket World Cup in jeopardy have forced the Pakistan government to ask India to provide fool-proof security to its cricketers. The World Cup is being jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and recent intelligence reports have suggested that terrorists are planning to strike match venues in India to jeopardize the mega-event. Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson, Tehmina Janjua, while responding to