LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mahmood Dogar on Tuesday visited various parts of the city and reviewed the security as well as law and order situation. The CCPO visited Minar-e-Pakistan premises to check the security arrangements made by Lahore police to ensure the protection of people. DIG Operations Suhail Chaudhry, SSP Operations Waqar Shoaib Qureshi, SP City Rizwan Tariq and others related police officers were also present. SSP Operations Waqar Shoaib Qureshi briefed the CCPO Lahore regarding the security arrangements that as many as three SDPOs, 12 SHOs, 45 upper subordinates and more than 500 policemen had been deployed for the security of conference under the supervision of SP City Division. Teams of different police stations, Dolphin Squad and Police Response Unit (PRU) had been ensuring continuous and effective patrolling around the premises of conference and adjacent areas. Snipers had been deputed on roof tops to keep vigilant eye on all the movements of the vehicles and persons around, to ensure safety and security of conference. Search and sweep operations had also been conducted on regular basis in the city particularly in specific areas to check and arrest criminals as well as anti peace elements prior to the conference, he added. Commander Lahore police Ghulam Mahmood Dogar checked the deployment of officers and officials of Lahore police at Minar-e-Pakistan, as well as personnel of police stations, Dolphin Squad and Police Response Unit and directed them to be highly alert, keep vigil on any possible suspects and ensure effective patrolling around the premises of the conference and adjacent areas. Ghulam Mahmood Dogar also directed the traffic police to ensure comprehensive traffic plan for smooth flow of traffic during conference.
The CCPO also held a meeting to review the security plan for the cantonment board elections. He ordered foolproof security at 121 polling stations in the Lahore Cantonment and 234 others in Walton Board. He directed to implement election code of conduct issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that banned the use of loudspeaker in the campaign. Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said that security officials should be deployed outside the polling stations and voters should undergo a thorough checking before entering there. He said the CCTV cameras should also be installed outside the polling stations for monitoring of voting process. He said a three-tier security system should be put in place by installing metal detectors, walk through gates and barbed wires around the polling stations.