The Sindh police chief has called for a comprehensive security contingency plan to be drawn up for Eidul Azha with particular focus on preventing potential tussles over collection of animal hides.
As per a police spokesman, Sindh IGP AD Khowaja’s directives issued to the officials concerned on Sunday call for a detailed contingency plan with regards to collection of animal hides. Khowaja has told the officers to make sure that all registered social welfare organisations, religious seminaries and other stakeholders follow the code of conduct issued by the Sindh government.
The officers have been ordered to finalisemeasures at the range, zone and district levels, with the IGP also stressing the need to take all stakeholders on board. As for security measures, the officers have been told to compile a list of all mosques, imambarghas, Eidgahs and other places where Eid prayers would be offered. The list would be used to finalise security arrangements which would include deployment of special police commandos.
IGP Khowaja has directed that under the security plan, surveillance teams are also to be constituted at a every police station and personnel in plainclothes are to be deployed at shopping centres, animal markets and other public places.