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| Chaklala airbase put on high alert |
| 2011-06-03 |
| [Dawn] Pakistain Air Force (PAF) Chaklala Airbase and Benazir Bhutto airport were put on high alert on Tuesday night after an intelligence agency warned that Orcs and similar vermin might target them, official sources said here on Wednesday. A senior police official confirmed that high alert was declared in the wake of a tip-off from an intelligence agency that Orcs and similar vermin might strike PAF Airbase on Tuesday night. He added: "The security clampdown came as the intelligence sounded a severe warning to the authorities concerned to remain vigilant at the airport." Security around sensitive government installations and foreign missions had already been stepped up across the country after the killing of the late Osama bin Laden ... who can now be reached at RFD Boneyard... by US forces in Abbottabad and terrorist attack on the PNS Mehran in Bloody Karachi. According to the sources, the police had already intimated to the authorities at the PAF base that three major `loopholes` in the security of the base had been spotted that might be used by terrorists. The senior police official said: "Yes, the police had intimated the authorities concerned about the `loopholes` in the security at the PAF base and on the other sides of the runways and expressed concern over taking the security issue lightly." However, The journalistic equivalent of the teenager's whatever However... he refused to give details. On Tuesday night, after the threat was received, the Elite Force commandoes, local police, military police and intelligence officials were deployed at the Chaklala base in addition to launching police patrolling and surveillance in the sensitive areas. The senior police official requesting not to be named said: "The security alert remained till Wednesday morning to ensure that the airport and other important installations were safe. However, The contradictory However... nobody was jugged." Police stopped motorists and searched cars on roads that ran beneath the airport`s flight path and keeping a vigil on passersby. Though the use of military police to assist the local police and Elite Force commandoes was not unusual, motorists and passersby were stunned on seeing the presence of such a large number of police and elite commandoes along with the military police. A `hydraulic road blocker`, designed to prevent unauthorised vehicles from entering the building, has been installed at the entrance of the Airport Security Force (ASF) camp located in the western side of the airport. |
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