IG Punjab chaired a meeting at Central Police Office regarding security of Pak Sri Lanka cricket matches.
Snipers must be deputed on roof tops of those buildings situated in the route of Airport to hotel and stadium.
Close monitoring of routes of teams besides hotel and stadium should be ensured with the help of safe city cameras. IG Punjab.
Inspector General of Police Punjab Captain Retired Arif Nawaz Khan has said that Sri Lankan team players and officials visiting Pakistan for cricket series are also guest of Punjab Police besides Pakistani nation and Punjab Police will ensure best security arrangements utilizing all available resources for their security. He emphasized upon officers that during the security arrangements, it must be ensured that the citizens are least bothered by traffic management and blockade of routes. He moreover said that close monitoring of hotel, stadium and routes of teams should be ensured by safe city cameras whereas snipers must be deputed on roof tops of those buildings lying in the way from airport to hotel and stadium as well at different positions. He added that CCPO Lahore along with other senior officers should inspect security arrangements and also brief the deputed officials along with provision of food to them on time. These views were expressed by him while addressing a high level session at Central Police Office. A detailed discussion regarding security of Pak-Sri Lanka matches at Qaddafi stadium was discussed during the session.
In the meeting, CCPO Lahore BA Nasir while briefing to IG Punjab told that as per the security of PSL matches, this time also proper security arrangements are being done for players and also for the fans of cricket that will come to enjoy matches so that they may fully encourage the players. IG Punjab directed officers and said that an uninterrupted and efficient plan of patrolling by Dolphin, Peru and other patrolling forces should be devised and monitoring officers sitting in safe city head office should keep the field officers and officials fully aware of the situation. He further said that search, sweep and combing operations should be conducted at Ferozewala, Band Road, Slums, Bus Stations, Hotels and Inns for security arrangements and if resources are required regarding security measures then central police office should be contacted immediately. Addl IG Operations Inam Ghani, Addl IG D and I Azhar Hameed Khokhar, CCPO Lahore BA Nasir, DIG IT Zulfiqar Hameed, DIG Legal Jawad Ahmad Dogar, DIG Operations Captain retired Atta Muhammad, DIG Operations Lahore Ashfaq Ahmad khan, DIG Logistics Rai Babar Saeed, DIG IAB Ahsan Yunus and AIG Operations Imran Kishwar with other officers were present in the session.
(Handout No. 359)
Nayab Haider
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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