Security beefed up for foreigners

Published October 1, 2008

MIRPUR, Sept 30: Fool-proof security has been beefed up for the safety and protection of the foreigners and other workers engaged in various projects in Azad Kashmir.

The sources in the Azad Kashmir police department told this agency here on Tuesday that close circuit cameras had already been installed to monitor the security arrangements for the foreign experts and consultants who were engaged in the construction work of raising of Mangla Dam and recently launched Neelam-Jhelum Hydel Power projects.—APP

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