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Security beefed up at all jails in Gilgit Baltistan: official
 [Dawn] Jail authorities in Gilgit Baltistan said extraordinary security measures have been adopted to avoid any untoward incident as eight prisoners were shifted from District Jail Gilgit to District Jail Ghizer in northeast of Pakistain on Tuesday."We have deployed law enforcing agencies around the Jails and personnel of police have also been placed at the disposal of jail authorities to make sure that inmates live in a peaceful atmosphere" Inspector General Prisons Wasil Khan told Dawn.com. The official said situation in the whole country was not a hidden secret and since most of the prisoners here were facing cases in sectarian violence so enhancing security was the need of hour. Citing some recent incidents of jailbreaks in the country, Wasil Khan said paramilitary troops including GB scouts, Punjab Rangers, Frontier Constabulary and GB Police have been deployed at the security of jails. Dozens of heavily-armed Pak Taliban Death Eaters had freed nearly 175 inmates, including 35 'high-profile Death Eaters', during a brazen overnight attack on the central jail in Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... on July 30 this year. However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... it was not the first instance when gunnies attempted to free their captive associates in Pakistain, nearly 400 prisoners including gunnies had escaped on April 15, 2012 from Bannu Jail after an attack by Death Eaters armed with guns, grenades and rockets. "Since the capability of jail officials was not satisfactory thus we requested the government to provide us law enforcement agencies," said Wasil Khan. He disclosed that the jail wardens had no weapons and they were not provided with uniforms. Posted by: Fred 2013-09-04 |
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