 In view of the surging violence in Pakistan, law enforcement agencies have tightened security for clerics. Jamaatul Dawat has gone one-step further and has installed close circuit cameras at its central headquarters situated at Link road, Chuburji. Meanwhile, security at the Jamaatud Dawat headquarters in Mansoora has been increased and the number of security guards at the residences of prominent Jamaat ud Dawat figures has also been increased.
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Acting upon reports by security agencies, Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, the provincial minister for Religious Affairs, has limited his movements. The Home Ministry has also assigned more security personnel to him. Police authorities have revised the city's security arrangements in view of recent blasts at Quetta station and at the railway rest house at Sohrab Station, Larkana. Chaudhry Ahmed Naseem, the inspector general of Railway Police, told Daily Times that the number of commando escorts in trains had been increased especially on the Sindh and Balochistan routes. He said that all of the Pakistan Railway Police (PRP) staff was being deputed to protect key railway points and installations. He added that meetings with the district police had been held in this regard to ensure track patrols. "Warning boards have been put up to create public awareness", he said. |