Security has intensified in the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, in response to the attack on Jaffar Express in Baluchistan.
After the violent incident, the local authorities took quick measures to reinforce security, especially around areas of the sensitive government, said Express News.
Security around Islamabad’s police lines has been squeezed significantly.
The roads adjacent to the police lines and the IG office have been blocked, and additional police commands have been deployed to guarantee security.
Concrete blocks have been placed outside the police lines, and the barbed cables have been established as part of the improved security measures.
The authorities have taken these precautionary measures to safeguard the key areas, in the light of the ongoing threat that attackers and increasing security concerns throughout the country.
The authorities have made it clear that these measures are temporary, waiting for the resolution of the situation and have assured the public that additional security will remain in force as necessary.
Police are working diligently to maintain order and address any additional threat.
The increase in surveillance is a direct response to the recent attack by Jaffar Express, which has shaken local authorities and citizens equally. Updates on the security situation are expected, with the Islamabad authorities on maximum alert for any potential developments.
The security forces killed 27 militants and rescued more than 150 hostages in an authorization operation launched after an unknown number of heavily armed terrorists broke into a train to Peshawar in the Bolan district of Baluchistan, Express News reported Wednesday.
Jaffar Express, with more than 400 passengers on board in nine Bogies, was on the way to Quetta to Peshawar when he was attacked in the Dhadar area of Bolan Pass on Tuesday, according to security sources.
After the attack, the security forces launched an immediate authorization operation, which led to the death of 27 terrorists.
Security sources confirmed that the terrorists responsible for the cowardly attack against Jaffar Express are in contact with their intellectual author in Afghanistan.
It all started after the armed gunmen forced the train to stop in a remote and mountainous area of the province on Tuesday afternoon, with the assault immediately claimed by the forbidden Baloch Liberation Army (Bla), a terrorist group behind the growing violence in the province.
The attackers bombarded the railroad road before assaulting the train, security forces said.
