ATTOCK: The district has been sealed by the law enforcement
agencies to ensure peace and avoid any act of terrorism on Ashura.
All existing and entry points of the district have been
sealed. Police and elite force personnel have been deployed at checkpoints.
Security personnel are conducting strict checking of suspicious
persons and vehicles. Moreover, all roads connecting NWFP and Punjab
particularly at Attock bridge on GT Road, Jarikus on Hazar road and Khushalgarh
bridge on Kohat-Pindi road have been kept under special surveillance.
About 30 points of the district have been declared sensitive,
where two army contingents have already been deputed to assist the district
administration and other law-enforcement agencies in maintaining peace on
Ashura. Besides the troops, over 3,000 police and elite force personnel have
been deployed.
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