Eyes far-reaching open: Lahore put on apprehension alert
LAHORE: Punjab Home Department’s Provincial Intelligence Centre has released an warning of a probable militant conflict in a province, generally Lahore. A letter, released on Jan 25, states that Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat was training immature boys aged between 10 and 12 years as self-murder bombers in Kunar, Afghanistan. They would be used to launch attacks on several cities of Pakistan, it warned. One such child, unfailing for Lahore, suggested that a propagandize nearby Abdali Chowk was his target. It requested increasing confidence for legal buildings/residences all over Pakistan to equivocate any unfavourable incident. The management asked for additional confidence measures as deemed appropriate. It combined a District Intelligence Committee’s assembly contingency be convened immediately, a hazard turn be examined and required measures taken to equivocate any incident. The centre urged impassioned commitment and foolproof confidence measures, unchanging combing/search operations and endless commitment in a aim area, snap checking during pickets and tighten monitoring of people compared with certain outfits.
Published in The Express Tribune, Jan 29th, 2017.
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