Police command reviews steps to protect public and places.

LAHORE -- Inspector General of Police Shoaib Dastagir says all available resources should be utilised under comprehensive strategies for ensuring security of religious congregations held at sensitive mosques and imambargahs.

He said that on Jummatul Wida, senior officers should personally inspect the security arrangements of religious places by going in the field whereas security for other events should also be heightened.

The IGP issued these directions while chairing a meeting of senior police officers he called to give final touches to the security arrangements for Chand Raat and Eid congregations across the province.

He directed the officers to deploy snipers on rooftops of worship places of minorities and commandos should be deployed in the vicinity of important markets and business centres. The IGP said the security of banks should be made more effective through increased patrolling hours.

He said wheeling and aerial firing on Chand Raat should be dealt with an iron hand and action should be taken against those disrupting smooth flow of traffic on roads...