Islamabad, Lahore airports on red alert

Published June 9, 2014
A security force personnel standing guard outside Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad. - File Photo
A security force personnel standing guard outside Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad. - File Photo

RAWALPINDI: The Benazir Bhutto International Airport here and the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore were placed on ‘red alert’ on Sunday night after a terrorist attack on the Karachi airport.

Additional security personnel were deployed around areas of the airports and additional police personnel were deployed.

“All security agencies may be involved to ensure the protection of an installation at this alert level,” an airport official told Dawn.

He said the authorities were doing everything possible to thwart such attempts and ensure the safety of airports and passengers.

As part of the highest level of security, every person entering the airport is being checked and temporary passes have been cancelled.

Parking of vehicles near the Rawal lounge has been restricted army and Elite Force personnel have started patrolling the area.

Published in Dawn, June 9th, 2014

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