2,000 cops deployed for Easter security.

RAWALPINDI -- In a bid to offer watertight security for Christians on one of their biggest religious event of the year, the Rawalpindi police have decided to deploy as many as 2,000 officers across the city.

The Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) Abbas Ahsan has finalised a security plan for Good Friday and Easter.

As per the security plan, more than 2,000 policemen will be deployed across the city. The policemen will be assisted by personnel from the Elite Force, the Dolphin Force, the Special Branch and women police. Easter is expected to be celebrated at all main churches in the district. Apart from providing security to these worship places, churches in all the adjoining areas will be barricaded by installing razor wires and by placing barriers.

Moreover, security and snap checking of vehicles at the entry and...

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