IGP directs foolproof security arrangements in cattle markets.

LAHORE -- Punjab Inspector General of Police Rao Sardar Ali Khan on Friday said that steps should be taken for the security of cattle markets in all the districts of the province on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha.

IG Punjab directed the supervisory officers to take concrete steps to curb street crime, robbery and cattle theft in the vicinity of cattle markets and said that cattle markets should only be setup at those locations which have been sanctioned by provincial government and district administration.

Rao Sardar Ali Khan directed that special measures be taken in other major cities including the provincial capital Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan and Rawalpindi.

The IGP directed to set up check posts at important places in the cattle markets while proper arrangements should be made for parking spaces at appropriate distances from the cattle markets, he added.

He said that additional personnel should be deployed in the vicinity of the cattle markets to maintain the extra load of traffic and ensure smooth flow of traffic in all cases, adding that additional patrolling of PHP teams should be arranged for the protection of traders and passengers on the highways so that the people...