In response to rising security concerns, the Islamabad police issued a’special’ plan on Tuesday, putting security on high alert.
In accordance with the plan, the police have established 25 temporary checkpoints throughout the city and are continuously monitoring the entry points to the Red Zone area of Islamabad using Safe City cameras.
In an early morning tweet, the police revealed that they are also using video recordings to monitor metro passengers.
“Legal action will be taken against unspecified number plates and unregistered vehicles,” the police stated, instructing citizens to ensure that their licence plates were issued by the excise office.
In addition, they have asked foreign nationals to carry their identification documents and landlords to “register tenants and employees at the nearest police station or service centres.”
The Islamabad police maintained that they will investigate those who employ unregistered local or foreign labourers.
Additionally, the police instructed citizens to report any suspicious activity to the 15-helpline.
Two days prior, the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and Australia issued advisories prohibiting their nationals in Pakistan from visiting a five-star hotel in Islamabad due to the possibility of a terrorist attack.
An unprecedented advisory and threat alert were issued after a suicide bomber blew himself up during a checkup in Sector I-10 of Islamabad, killing a police officer and injuring several others.
This was the first suicide attack in the nation’s capital in over eight years, according to police officials and witnesses.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the bombing that occurred near the police headquarters on the main road leading to government buildings housing the parliament and other high offices.
Since then, Islamabad has been on high alert and security has been increased.
