LAHORE: Punjab Police has completed comprehensive security arrangements for the protection of mosques, Imambargahs, Eid congregations, and citizens across the province on the occasion of Eidul Azha. Highlighting details of the security, a spokesperson for the Punjab Police said that more than 43,000 officers and personnel will provide security to venues of Eid prayers and congregations at 28,074 mosques and 890 open places across the province. “445 Quick Response Force teams will also be deployed for security arrangements; besides 11,912 metal detectors, 225 walk-through gates and 10,466 CCTV cameras will also be used for security arrangements during Eid prayers,” he pointed out. The spokesperson said that more than 9,000 police personnel and officers will be deployed for the security of more than 5,000 Eid prayer gatherings in the provincial capital, Lahore.
Punjab IG Police Dr Usman Anwar, while ordering to keep security on high alert on Eidul Azha, said that in view of the current border situation, security should be increased throughout the province, including Lahore. “Additional personnel should be deployed for the security of parks and recreational places during Eid holidays, while wheelies, aerial firing, kite flying, and rioting will not be tolerated at any cost,” the top cop declared, adding that implementation of SOPs issued by the Punjab government regarding collection of sacrificial skins would be implemented in letter and spirit.
(Pakistan Today)
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