'SPU providing security to over 4,000 foreigners working on CPEC'

Deputy Inspector General of Police for the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Umar Sheikh has disclosed that the SPU is providing security cover to over 4,000 foreigners working on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) related projects in addition to around 2,000 Sikh pilgrims coming to Kartarpur Corridor on daily basis.

"Currently, the SPU personnel are providing security to over 4,000 foreign experts working on different CPEC-related projects and also to around 2000 Sikh pilgrims coming to Kartarpur Corridor at Narowal regularly," revealed the DIG during a panel discussion held to review the performance and working of the SPU at the central police office on Wednesday with IGP Shoaib Dastgir in the chair.

The DIG further shared that 31 projects including CPEC are presently active in the country in which the foreigners are working. For that purpose, more than 6,500 SPU personnel are performing security duties, he added. He further said that for the security of most sensitive projects, the SPU personnel have been imparted modern trainings in accordance with the parameters of contemporary age so that no stone could be left unturned for the protection of Chinese and other foreign experts.

To maintain inflow and outflow of the foreigners in the country, DIG Sheikh said that "special desks" have been setup at all international airports across the province wherein the data of every foreigner is achieved or saved. Additionally, the SPU has also inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to develop an information sharing mechanism and strengthening of coordination regarding security of Chinese and other foreign experts, added the senior police officer.