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| The security of the Islamabad airport has already been placed on ‘red alert’ after the terrorist attack on the Karachi airport on June 8. —File photo |
The security of the airport has already been placed on ‘red alert’ after the terrorist attack on the #Karachi airport on June 8, a senior security force official said.
The 111 Brigade’s senior officers along with the police have started a survey of the surrounding areas of the BBIA, especially those on the flight path, to set up pickets on the rooftops of some of the buildings. Sharpshooters will be deployed on the pickets.
RAWALPINDI: The 111 Brigade of the army and the local police have started surveying the flight path of the Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) to set up security pickets, it has been learnt.
The security of the airport has already been placed on ‘red alert’ after the terrorist attack on the Karachi airport on June 8, a senior security force official said.
The 111 Brigade’s senior officers along with the police have started a survey of the surrounding areas of the BBIA, especially those on the flight path, to set up pickets on the rooftops of some of the buildings. Sharpshooters will be deployed on the pickets.
Three armoured personnel carriers (APCs) of the army carrying a squad of 19 personnel each has been stationed outside the Rawal Lounge, the airport’s apron and at the Nur Khan Airbase.
Two bomb and bulletproof pickets, each weighing eight tons and made in the Heavy Mechanical Complex Taxila, have been brought to the airport. One of the pickets has been affixed close to the airport’s entry gate while a survey is being carried out to install the other.
The security official said the extra security measures at the airport also included increased random screening of passengers and their baggage.
Since the airport security was placed on red alert, the entry passes issued to visitors have been cancelled.
Police have also been considering collecting the particulars of people living under the flight path and getting affidavits from them that they would be held responsible in case any militant activity was reported from their localities.
The police have also been asked for assigning an elite force squad for patrolling the Kuri Road where the Airport Security Force (ASF) camp office is located. Intelligence officials had warned the authorities concerned that the ASF camp was vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
In another move, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) imposed a ban on the visit of more than one person to see off or receive any passenger. The ban will come to force on July 6. Dawn News
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