In response to intelligence reports regarding potential terrorist attacks, the Sindh Home Minister has directed law enforcement agencies to implement extraordinary security measures across the province, including a complete blockade of all entry and exit points and sensitive locations.
These directives were issued during a high-level meeting chaired today by Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjar to review the overall law and order situation, where the Inspector General of Sindh provided a detailed briefing.
The Home Minister emphasized that the importance and utility of intelligence reports related to law and order must be made purposeful, and directed that a comprehensive strategy be developed to deal with all possible threats.
A spokesperson confirmed that the Sindh Police has been directed to ensure the complete implementation of the National Action Plan, while Ziaul Hasan Lanjar specifically stressed the need to define a clear course of action against banned organizations, sectarianism, and militancy.
The security of sensitive installations, places of worship including mosques, madrasas, and imambargahs, and other important locations will be made foolproof in consultation with their respective administrations.
Calling for a more proactive approach, Ziaul Hasan Lanjar ordered senior officers to assume their responsibilities by being physically present in the field instead of remaining in their offices.
He emphasized accelerating intelligence-based operations and making operational strategies such as snap-checking, picketing, reconnaissance, surveillance, and patrolling more effective and successful.
A security audit of all important and sensitive installations was also ordered.
To enhance operational capability, the Home Minister directed the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) to formulate recommendations for required resources, including drones, vehicles, explosive detection devices, and other modern equipment.
Special emphasis was placed on aerial surveillance, with directives to conduct drone operations in potentially sensitive areas of Karachi as needed, and to establish a separate, dedicated unit for this purpose.
The Home Minister described the further upgradation of the Special Branch as the “need of the hour,” expressing a clear vision for the department.
“We want to make the Special Branch the vanguard of counter-terrorism measures,” the minister said, adding, “The Special Branch will be our primary wing, and its intelligence reports will be reliable and robust.”