| The federal government has directed the chairman of Gwadar Port Implementation Authority (GPIA) to move its office from Karachi and establish its headquarters in Gwadar âas soon as possibleâ. Sources in the Interior Ministry in Islamabad said the direction had been made after reports that the authority office in Karachi could easily become a soft target for terrorism. The sources said the Balochistan Frontier Constabulary inspector general had also been asked to oversee the security of Gwadar. Sources said that according to the decision taken at a high-level meeting on law and order chaired by President Pervez Musharraf on July 1 in Islamabad, the Balochistan FC IG had also been directed to establish a Quick Reaction Force in Gwadar with gunship helicopters to enable a quick response against saboteurs and terrorists as part of a comprehensive security plan for Gwadar. They said that a special foolproof security plan had been devised for the residential and working areas of the Chinese engineers and the plan would be implemented soon. |