Zardari :Dont misread peace policy as weakness, warns

TrendPK.com KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan, as a peace loving country does not want arms race in the region.
Addressing the cadets after 92nd passing out parade of Pakistan Naval Academy here today, president said one should not consider our peace policy as a weakness. Terrorism is a threat to [...]

Secruity Beafed Up For Independence Day

PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police and other law-enforcement agencies on Thursday put security on high alert to avert any terror strike on the Independence Day, as the nation is in full swing of arrangements for the Aug. 14 celebrations.

Police said a heavy contingent of security officials had been deployed at sensitive points in cantonment areas and international hotels in the capital of Islamabad and the garrison city Rawalpindi.

Police high-ups had directed all field officers to stay alert and wear bulletproof helmets and jackets. They said the police were given metal detectors to check people coming close to sensitive buildings like airport, railway station, bus stands, hotels, hospitals and crowded markets.

They said the police would provide special security cover to the places where ceremonies were arranged for the Independence Day. They also said reserve police had been put on alert and could be called in the event of any emergency.

Senior police officials urged the people to cooperate with law enforcement agencies and inform the police of any suspicious activity they saw in the city.

As elsewhere, the port city Karachi will celebrate the 62nd Independence Day of Pakistan in a befitting manner on Friday with all sensitive places and police installations put under watch.

The day will dawn with a 21-gun salute in the Sindh provincial metropolis. Among other celebrations, the cadets of the Pakistan Naval Academy will mount the guard duty at the mausoleum of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.