be adopted to counter the act of terrorism.
He said that to keep law and order in internal cordon and routes were the responsibility of Security Division while the operational police were responsible for outer circle, adding that the operational police have set up 20 points to check the people and filtration of vehicles.
Stringent security measures would be adopted to keep the order in the city, he said, adding a line has been drawn to separate the high security zone from the other areas of the city and heavy contingents of civil armed forces have been deployed at the border of the zone to block the irrelevant people from entering the zone. Private vehicles as well as the pedestrians would not be allowed to enter the high security zone, the sources said, adding the Diplomatic Enclave and Constitution Avenue have been marked as the high security zone, the security official said.
All the incoming roads have been barricaded and armed and personnel of civil armed forces would also be deployed at the barricades with the local police.
“Extra force has been deployed at sensitive points including Diplomatic Enclave, parliament building, presidency and prime minister secretariat”, the security officer said. Police leave had also been cancelled.
Officials including paramilitary force personnel would be kept alert to help the law enforcement agencies to avoid any violence. Special police squads have been detailed
to check hotels and guest houses in the capital and
to gather detailed informa-
tion about outsiders staying temporarily in Islamabad, sources said.
Nine special patrolling squads, equipped with latest technology, have been constituted for snap checking and combing of the sensitive areas and buildings in and around the city, sources said.
The special squads would cordon off during the daylight any area of the capital for surprise checking and, at nights different roads would be barricaded as general hold-up to check vehicles.
Reserves Police Force, Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and Anti Terrorist Cell (ATC) would be on alert to deal with any unpleasant situation. Military, Naval and Air Force police are helping the Islamabad Traffic Police for maintaining flow of traffic on arteries of the main roads, which are closed for the general traffic.