ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police on Tuesday launched a “special” plan, maintaining security on high alert, in response to growing security concerns.
According to the plan, the police have erected 25 temporary checkpoints throughout the city and are continually keeping an eye on the entrances to the Red Zone area of Islamabad using Safe City cameras.
The police confirmed that they are also keeping an eye on metro service users using camera footage in an early morning tweet.
موجودہ سیکورٹی صورتحال کے پیش نظر خصوصی سیکورٹی پلان کا اجراء۔
اسلام آباد میں 25 مختلف مقامات پر عارضی حفاظتی چیک پوسٹس قائم کی گئی ہیں۔ ریڈ زون کے داخلی راستوں کی سیف سٹی کیمروں سے ریکارڈنگ کی جائے گی۔ میٹرو سروس کے مسافروں کی ویڈیو ریکارڈنگ کی جائے گی۔
1/3— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) December 27, 2022
The police warned the public to make sure their number plates were issued by the excise office, warning that “Legal action will be taken against nonspecific number plates and unregistered automobiles.”
Additionally, they have ordered landlords to “register renters and employees at the nearest police station or service centres” and advised foreign nationals to carry their identification credentials with them.
According to the Islamabad police, those who hire undocumented local or foreign labour would be looked into.
The US embassy in Islamabad limits staff movement.
Additionally, the police advised people to call the 15-helpline to report any suspicious activities.
The strategy was announced two days after the governments of the US, UK, Saudi Arabia, and Australia warned their citizens in Pakistan not to visit a five-star hotel in Islamabad due to the potential threat of a terrorist assault.
A police official chose martyrdom and several others were hurt when a suicide bomber detonated himself during a check-up in Sector I-10 of Islamabad, prompting the extraordinary advisory and threat alert.
According to police officials and witnesses, this was the first suicide attack in the nation’s capital in more than eight years.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the blast, which happened close to the police headquarters on the main route leading to the government complexes housing the parliament and other important offices.
Since then, security measures have been increased and Islamabad has been on high alert.
