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| India-Pakistan |
| 111 Brigade, police surveying airport areas |
| 2014-07-04 |
| [DAWN] The 111 Brigade of the army and the local police have started surveying the flight path of the Benazir Bhutto ... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in... International Airport (BBIA) to set up security pickets, it has been learnt. The security of the airport has already been placed on 'red alert' after the terrorist attack on the Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... airport on June 8, a senior security force official said. The 111 Brigade's senior officers along with the police have started a survey of the surrounding areas of the BBIA, especially those on the flight path, to set up pickets on the rooftops of some of the buildings. Sharpshooters will be deployed on the pickets. Pickets to be set up on rooftops of buildings under flight path Another team, comprising intelligence officials, also conducted a survey of the surrounding areas of the airport and suggested the establishment of the security posts on the roads near the airport. "The objective to deploy sharp shooters is to target any such element in case they try to target any aircraft from the nearby localities during landing or takeoff," a security bigshot said on the condition of anonymity. He, however, added that it was yet to be decided whether the sharpshooters would be from the army or the police. During the survey, the army-police team visited Kuri Road, Asghar Mall Road, 4th Road and other areas lying under the flight path. |
| Posted by:Fred |