ISLAMABAD: The law enforcing agencies have declared 42 districts all over the country as highly sensitive on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha.
Interior ministry has directed all the four provincial governments and district governments to remain vigilant for maintaining law and order situation. On the directives of the interior ministry, the district governments in collaboration with the police authorities have evolved security plans. 42 districts and 90 cities of the country have been declared sensitive. They include 11 districts of NWFP, 16 of Punjab, 8 of Sindh and 7 of Balochistan.
The police have been directed to ensure holding of Eid congregations within boundary walls rather than in open grounds in consultation with the local Ulema and Nazims. These directives have been issued on the information that the workers of banned outfits and the terrorists fleeing from South Waziristan can target Eid congregations. Holidays in respect of police personnel have been cancelled.
NWFP districts which have been declared sensitive are Peshawar, Charsadda, Bannu, Mardan, Nowshehra, Abbottabad, Risalpur, Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat, Hungu and Kamra Cantt. The sensitive districts of Sindh are Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana, Nowshero Feroze, Ghotki, Mir Pur Khas, Tando Adam and Jacob Abad. The districts including Quetta, Dera Murad Jamali, Nasir Abad, Sui, Kohlu, Kharan and Dera Bugti have been declared sensitive in Balochistan. Districts which have been declared sensitive in Punjab are Lahore, Rawalpindi, Jhang, Sheikhupura, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Khanewal, Gujarat, Jhelum, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Mianwali, D.G Khan and Rajan Pur.—Agencies