Foolproof security finalized for Pak-Eng cricket matches.

LAHORE -- Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Additional IG Ghulam Mahmood Dogar on Tuesday said that Lahore police was all set for the security of Pakistan vs England International T-20 Cricket series staring from September 28 (Wednesday) at Qaddafi Stadium and would provide maximum security to all three scheduled T-20 matches.

"We are ready to provide complete protection to the English T-20 Squad and Pakistani players as well as spectators with even more elaborate and improved security plan than the previous ones," Ghulam Mahmood Dogar added.

He said that Lahore police had chalked out a comprehensive security plan for all the matches of Pak-England T-20 cricket series. According to the Security Plan, more than 8,000 police officers and officials of different units of police including SPs, SDPOs, SHOs, Dolphin Squad, Police Response Unit and Elite Force would perform security, patrolling and traffic management duties during the matches to ensure foolproof security of the event along with smooth flow of traffic.

As many as 193 teams of Dolphin Squad and Police Response Unit (PRU) would be deputed on security and patrolling duties during T-20 matches. English T-20 Squad and officials had been given the status of state guests according to the government directions, he added.

The CCTV cameras around Gaddafi Stadium and parking areas had been fully operational, whereas security plan SOPs and traffic advisory would be strictly enforced in letter and spirit, he maintained.

The CCPO said that maximum efforts would be made to least disturb the routine activities of the citizens, traders and businessman during the matches as zero...