KARACHI: On the IGP’s directives, SSP Security has deployed about 15,000 police officials and cops for security duty on the occasion of Eid-ul- Azha. Inspector General Police, Sindh, Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khattak issued instructions to Regional Police Officers Sukkur and Hyderabad and CCPO Karachi asking them to make special security arrangements on the occasion of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 30, 2008
New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a change of pace and direction in Afghanistan, where the worsening security situation is hampering the efforts of the Government, the United Nations and international partners to rebuild the strife-torn nation. “Despite the enhanced capabilities of both the Afghan National Army and the international forces, the security [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 27, 2008
ISLAMABA: Federal Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah has admitted that the suicide blast at Marriot Hotel was occurred due to the failure and incompetence of security agencies and Capital Development Authority (CDA). Briefing the Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior which met here Saturday at Parliament House, he said the security agencies and CDA failed to [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 17, 2008
KABUL: Deteriorating security in Afghanistan is making it more difficult for aid organizations to carry out their work, the director of a group that lost four workers in a Taliban attack said. Ciaran Donnelly, director of operations in Afghanistan for the International Rescue Committee, said the entire aid community has been affected by worsening security.”We’re [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 16, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has said that the security of the parliament was the prime concern of the security agencies of the country and concerned departments have taken various steps in this regard. He said that bolstering the security there was need for redesigning, restructuring and improvement of the certain [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday began debate on internal security situation and price hike in the country. Initiating the debate, leader of the opposition Kamil Ali Agha expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation. He said people are feeling insecure as security agencies have failed to control street crimes, dacoities and kidnappings for [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 23, 2008
Washington: Security of 150 US embassies around the world were tightened. A statement issued by US Department of State says that security measures of the 150 US embassies were not appropriate. Therefore appropriate steps were taken in this regard that will cost $ eight billion, the statement added. The USA has already spent $ four [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 30, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed provincial governments to make only necessary security arrangements and bare minimum protocol for him so as to spare the people of the inconvenience caused by his movement whenever he visits a city. He has taken serious notice of the congestion and long traffic queues caused [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 30, 2008
KABUL: A contract has been signed for a $100 million highway project in Afghanistan intended to dramatically reduce travel time from Kabul to border areas near Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan. The 100-kilometer stretch of road will link the provinces of Khost and Paktia to Afghanistan’s “ring road,” which will circle the country. The [...]
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