The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Nasir Khan Durrani has directed police high ups to perform Muharram duty with wisdom and conduct intelligence led search and strike operation with special focus on proclaimed offenders and militants. These directives were issued to the police high ups after taking a detailed briefing on security plan for Muharram 2014 at CPO Peshawar Wednesday.
All concerned DPOs briefed the police chief with the help of Google maps and charts about the security plan for Muharram in their respective districts. All Additional IGPs and Regional Police Officers (RPOs) also attended the meeting. The police chief pointed out that police will perform its duty as a front line force and no loopholes will be allowed in the security arrangements and directed the participants to take effective and fool proof security measures for sectarian harmony and religious brotherhood during Muharram. They were also directed to make security zones for Imam Bargahs and precessions and adopt three layer security filter points and frisk every one before entering to any Imam Bargah and procession and keep organisers along with police on these points. The IGP categorically made it clear that no innovative methods with respect of processions and routes will be allowed and directed the DPOs to instantly register FIR against the violators.
The DIGs and DPOs were further directed to review the security arrangements themselves by visiting the spot in uniform and organized snap checking across the districts with special emphasis on motorcycles with fake number plates and without number plates. They were also directed for hot spot policing and deployment on hill tops and roof tops in sensitive areas and plugging of all streets leading to Imam Bargah and procession and make emergency plan for every procession and carrying out routes sweeping of all the precessions. The participants were also directed to check the processions routes and sensitive places inside the city through sniper dogs and depute Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) team with every mourning procession.
They were further directed to carry out checking at macro level and check each and every thing and place make video recording of all mourning processions, strictly discourage provocative speeches and hatred literature. Participants were directed to brief the jawans in detail about their duties and motivate them to perform its duty in excellent and professional manner and deploy women police for checking of women mourners. They were also directed to call all the volunteers, get their cell numbers and brief them about their nature of duty. Police high ups were informed to hold meeting with all other concerned civil departments one day before and ensure their part of job done for Muharram.
The participants were directed to ban standing on roof tops of the houses on processions routes. The police chief made it clear that security arrangements adopted for Muharram will be checked through special Branch and CPO's team and in case of any lapses concerned DPOs will be held responsible for it.
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