Inspector General of Police Punjab Usman Anwar and other senior officers were present on the occasion. On the occasion, the official said the IG put forth several proposals and the CM accorded initial approval to execute them for the prevention of terrorism in future when he was briefed that the militants of the banned TTP had come from Lakki Marwat to attack twice in Mianwali. According to the reports, he said, the Punjab police were clueless about the hideouts of the militants of the TTP’s offshoot Tipu Group who attacked the Kundal police post at Isakhel tehslil of Mianwali late on Saturday. He said the law-enforcement agencies believed that it would not be a wise decision to chase the fleeing terrorists in the hilly areas of Mianwali due to the risk involved to the lives of the police personnel.
“We have decided to instal infrared cameras to detect the movement of the suspects at the nearby hills of Mianwali district”, Dr Usman Anwar confirmed to Dawn. He said the police check posts are also being upgraded. Some measures are under consideration to prevent such terrorist attacks in Mianwali and other parts of the province, the IG said. To a question, he said the Punjab and the KP police high-ups have taken up the issue to enhance mutual coordination to share intelligence information to eliminate the terrorism networks.
(Daily Dawn)
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