ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Police on Tuesday introduced particular safety measures, together with organising 25 new check-posts, to tighten safety within the federal capital right here after a number of international locations, together with the US, UK, Saudi Arabia and Australia requested their residents to limit their motion, warning of a potential terror risk.
Based on the safety plan, shared on Islamabad police‘s official Twitter account, entry factors of the Pink Zone might be recorded by way of Protected Metropolis cameras whereas video surveillance of metro bus passengers would even be carried out.
Pakistani residents in addition to international nationals have been requested to hold their identification paperwork with them.
“Particular safety plan issued in view of the present safety scenario in Islamabad. Short-term safety test posts have been established at 25 totally different areas in Islamabad,” it stated.
Police additionally suggested the native folks to register tenants and workers on the nearest police station and warned that these using unregistered native or international employees might be investigated.
All motorists have been instructed to make sure their automobiles had quantity plates issued by the excise workplace. Individuals have been requested to tell authorities of any uncommon exercise on the helpline.
The safety plan comes within the wake of the US, UK, Saudi Arabian and Australian governments issuing advisories to their respective residents in Pakistan to limit their actions as a consequence of potential terror threats.
The advisories got here within the wake of a suicide bombing on Friday in Islamabad that killed a policeman. It was the primary main incident of terrorism in Islamabad following the onset of the latest wave of militancy that was initially restricted to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Two days after the blast, the US embassy in Islamabad warned a couple of potential terror risk towards Americans on the Marriott Hotel within the nation’s capital and prohibited American workers from visiting the five-star facility.
The Saudi Arabian embassy in Islamabad additionally issued a safety advisory on Monday, instructing its residents in Pakistan to limit their motion. The UK and Australia issued separate safety alerts on Monday, asking their residents to restrict their motion in Pakistan.
Based on the safety plan, shared on Islamabad police‘s official Twitter account, entry factors of the Pink Zone might be recorded by way of Protected Metropolis cameras whereas video surveillance of metro bus passengers would even be carried out.
Pakistani residents in addition to international nationals have been requested to hold their identification paperwork with them.
“Particular safety plan issued in view of the present safety scenario in Islamabad. Short-term safety test posts have been established at 25 totally different areas in Islamabad,” it stated.
Police additionally suggested the native folks to register tenants and workers on the nearest police station and warned that these using unregistered native or international employees might be investigated.
All motorists have been instructed to make sure their automobiles had quantity plates issued by the excise workplace. Individuals have been requested to tell authorities of any uncommon exercise on the helpline.
The safety plan comes within the wake of the US, UK, Saudi Arabian and Australian governments issuing advisories to their respective residents in Pakistan to limit their actions as a consequence of potential terror threats.
The advisories got here within the wake of a suicide bombing on Friday in Islamabad that killed a policeman. It was the primary main incident of terrorism in Islamabad following the onset of the latest wave of militancy that was initially restricted to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Two days after the blast, the US embassy in Islamabad warned a couple of potential terror risk towards Americans on the Marriott Hotel within the nation’s capital and prohibited American workers from visiting the five-star facility.
The Saudi Arabian embassy in Islamabad additionally issued a safety advisory on Monday, instructing its residents in Pakistan to limit their motion. The UK and Australia issued separate safety alerts on Monday, asking their residents to restrict their motion in Pakistan.
