LAHORE:Capital City Police Officer Lahore Additional IG Bilal Siddique Kamyana, on Sunday visited Qaddafi Stadium and inspected the security as well as traffic arrangements for the 30th T-20 cricket match of the Pakistan Super League Season 8, being played between the teams of Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings.
DIG Operations Afzaal Ahmad Kausar, SP Model Town Dr Ammara Sherazi and other senior police officers accompanied him.
Bilal Siddique Kamyana reviewed the security arrangements at routers of teams, entrance gates, parking areas, other sensitive points of Qaddafi Stadium, vantage points and different enclosures.
Bilal Siddique Kamyana directed the deputed police personnel to remain highly alert and vigilant and do not let any person enter without proper checking.
Lahore police has been providing complete protection to the visiting national and international players, officials as well as spectators of the Eighth Edition of World class Pakistan Super League T-20 cricket series played at provincial capital with an even more elaborate and improved security plan than the previous ones, Bilal Siddique Kamyana said. Lahore Police had chalked out a comprehensive security plan for the matches of PSL Eight T-20 cricket series played Lahore from at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore.
According to the security plan, more than 8,000 police personnel including 11 SPs, 35 DSPs, 443 Upper Subordinates, 162 lady police officers and officials, 43 teams of Elite Force, 107 teams of Dolphins squad and 58 teams of Police Response Unit have been deployed during the matches to ensure foolproof security of the event along with smooth flow of traffic.
CCTV cameras of Punjab Safe Cities Authority and district administration at the routes around Gaddafi Stadium and parking areas have been made fully operational during the PSL matches. Bilal Siddique Kamyana said that maximum efforts have been made to least disturb the routine activities of the citizens, traders and businessman during the matches as zero route has been provided to the teams to ensure their security by containing traffic only during the movements of teams from their residential places to the stadium and vice versa.
Three layers of security has been ensured to the citizens who would only be allowed to enter the stadium after the complete checking process. Additional IG Bilal Siddique Kamyana said that Lahore Police had earlier provided foolproof security to all the national and international sports events being held in the provincial metropolis and would further ensure complete implementation on SOPs adopted earlier regarding the security plan to conduct the remaining matches of PSL-8 in a safe and peaceful atmosphere.
He said that round the clock monitoring of the residential places of teams, routes, matches and movements of players and citizens in and round the Cricket Stadium has also been ensured through the CCTV cameras.
He said that Dolphin Squad, Elite and Police Response Unit teams continued their effective patrolling around the specific areas of the city. Snipers were deputed on the roof tops to keep an eye on all the movements during these matches.
Search and sweep operations were being conducted on a daily basis in the city particularly around the cricket stadium and designated areas, he asserted.
Bilal Siddique Kamyana directed the police officers to remain in complete liaison and coordination with related departments including PCB, Punjab Safe Cities Authority, district administration, allied departments and law enforcement agencies to enforce the security arrangements.