Tag: Security

Baloch chieftains’ help sought for security

ISLAMABAD - The central government has sought assistance from Balochistan in mustering local tribal chieftains' support in providing adequate security to the state-owned Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) to help them continue unhindered exploration and production activities in the province.
A source said a delegation, led by Petroleum Secretary Imtiaz Kazi and including managing directors of the OGDCL, PPL and the Sui

Security measures for SC building finalised

ISLAMABAD - Authorities on Saturday finalised a number of security measures, including provision of extra jammers to be installed at the entry points of the Supreme Court building. A high-level meeting was held at the Supreme Court chaired by the SC registrar to review security arrangements.
The meeting was attended by Ministry of Interior additional secretary, Crisis Management Cell director general, Ministry of Interior officials, DIGs security and operations of the Islamabad

Security man killed as check post attacked

PESHAWAR - Amidst tall claims on the part of authorities regarding a military action against militants, terror acts are being still reported from across Mohmand Agency, which borders Afghanistan.
According the official account, one security personnel was killed and four others injured on the night between Thursday and Friday when dozens of extremists encircled a check post at Ghanamshah and opened indiscriminate fire. However, the attack was repulsed after the security forces

SC orders security for FIA ADG

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the attorney general to talk to the government to provide complete protection to the FIA additional director general, who is leading the probe into the NICL scam and facing life threats. A four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case against violation of Public Procurement Rules, 2004, causing

Extensive security measures in city

KARACHI - The police and Rangers have taken extensive measures to control the law and order situation and prevent any act of terrorism during the Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH) celebrations in the city today (Wednesday).
According to a survey conducted in the metropolis on Tuesday, police and Rangers personnel have been deployed at all sensitive areas in the city where people are expected to gather in large numbers. The law enforcers are also conducting snap checking at various

SSP orders fresh security plan for banks

FAISALABAD - Following two cases of daylight bank robberies in Faisalabad in 10 days, SSP (Operations) Dr Usman Anwar has laid down a special strategy by assigning the security responsibility of the banks to the respective SHOs who will be held responsible for any robbery.
The police officers were directed to visit the banks and take action against the bank managers who would fail to implement the security parameters such as burglary alaram system, sniper point, closed-circuit TV

Zardari to seek Japan’s assistance in security, energy

KARACHI - Pakistan would seek Japanese assistance in five broad areas including trade, development, security, energy and institution-building during the upcoming visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to Japan. The president is likely to visit Japan by the end of current month as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sought proposals from various government institutions, trade bodies and chambers of commerce for enhancing the existing trade volume between the two countries, sources say.

Four security men killed in IED attacks

PESHAWAR - At least four personnel of the security forces, including an army officer and a police sub-inspector, were killed and seven injured in terrorist attacks in FR Bannu and Peshawar on Tuesday.
According to details, the militants targeted an army convoy with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Janikhel area of Frontier Region (FR) Bannu, around 150km south of the provincial capital which connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with volatile North Waziristan.
As a result,

COAS, Malik discuss security

RAWALPINDI - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani and Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday discussed internal security in the context of the recent wave of terrorist attacks across the country. Malik called on the COAS at GHQ in Rawalpindi.
According to ISPR, matters related to internal security were discussed during the meeting.
An official of the Interior Ministry told Pakistan Today that the meeting discussed the growing threat of terrorism and those

Rangers take charge of Imam Hussain’s chehlum security

LAHORE - Pakistan Rangers troops on Monday assumed charge of their security duties in order to avoid any untoward incident during Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (R.A) on Wednesday (today).
The Pakistan Rangers spokesman told Pakistan Today that Rangers officials have been deployed on special request of Punjab Government and Federal Government to maintain law and order on Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (R.A).
He said that Rangers troops have been deployed at and around

Government, security forces ruling Balochistan with an iron hand, says Bezinjo

QUETTA - National Party Senior Vice President Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bezinjo has strongly criticised the government, saying that they had sought an apology first and then unleashed atrocities against the Balochs, setting new records comparable to their predecessors.
He said that Balochs could not present flowers to the rulers after receiving decomposed bodies of their youth. He was addressing a public gathering in Dera Allayar of Jaffarabad district on Sunday. "The incumbent

UN envoy calls for repeal of IHK security laws

NEW DELHI - A UN envoy on a human-rights mission this month to India on Friday called for reforms including the repeal of laws giving security forces wide powers of arrest in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK). Margaret Sekaggya, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, told a news conference in New Delhi that, during her 11-day tour of five Indian states, including Kashmir, she had been told of many abuses. "I heard numerous testimonies about male and female rights defenders, and

Security guard killed for resisting robbery

SAHIWAL - Unknown robbers killed a security guard while resisting a robbery near Chak No 134/9L. Reportedly, Asghar Ali, the security guard of a cold storage, was going to his place duty. As he reached near Chak No 134/9L, two unknown armed dacoits stopped him and snatched from him cash, his mobile phone and bicycle at gunpoint. As he offered resistance, the dacoits killed him and fled away.
STOREKEEPER BOOKED FOR SELLING SPURIOUS MEDICINES: The local police registered a case

Centre will help KP improve security: Malik

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday assured the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government of his full cooperation to improve the security situation in the province. He said the provincial government would be fully assisted as the PPP-led government at Centre was committed to ensuring peace and further improving the security situation in the country.
He was chairing a high-level meeting here at the Ministry of Interior to review the security matters in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Sindh govt to keep check on guards hired by private security...

KARACHI - The Sindh government has decided to monitor the hiring process of private security agencies working in the province to ensure that they do not give jobs to terrorists and criminals. It would also take action against security agencies operating without the government's permission.
The decisions were taken in a meeting on Tuesday between a seven-member All Pakistan Security Agencies Association (APSAA) delegation led by its chairman Muzzaffar Ata Malik and Sindh Home

Senator Waqar’s security car hits electricity pole

LAHORE - A private car reserved for security of Privatisation Minister Senator Waqar Ahmad Khan's children collided with a pole due to speeding leaving three people, including an official of the Elite Force, injured near the Mall Road Underpass on Monday morning.The car was also badly damaged in the incident.
The injured included the car driver, a private security guard and an official of the Elite Force. They were shifted to the Services Hospital where their condition is stated

Kabul toughens stance against security firms

KABUL - Kabul said on Thursday that President Hamid Karzai ordered his government to intensify efforts to disband private security firms, the latest twist in a saga that has pitted him against his Western allies.
Karzai met his National Security Council (NSC) to discuss the future of the firms, the government announced, one day after rejecting US calls to nearly double the legal quota of private security guards in the war-torn country.
The president, whose relations with