July 11, 2003	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 10, 1424

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RAWALPINDI, July 10: A meeting held between the district administration Islamabad and top police officials reviewed the security measures in the capital to counter any possible terrorist attack as intimated by the intelligence agencies, an official source said on Thursday.

The meeting presided over by the chief commissioner Islamabad, G.M. Khan, was also attended by deputy commissioner Tariq Mehmood Khan, IGP Mohammad Akram, SSP Shahid Nadeem Baloch and assistant inspector general of police, Special Branch, Raja Nasir Nawaz.

The SSP briefed the participants on steps taken to tighten security in Islamabad Capital Territory.

The meeting was informed that extraordinary security arrangements had been made to avoid any untoward incident. And, police have been put on high alert at all sensitive places like Diplomatic Enclave and worship places, including Imambargahs and churches, the source said.

After the session was over, the chief commissioner, accompanied by the DC and the SSP, visited different areas of the capital to inspect security arrangements at sensitive places. The meeting was called following the interior ministry directives and intelligence reports that possibility of any terrorist attack in the capital could not be ruled out.

Earlier, the law-enforcement agencies and district administrations Islamabad were directed to upgrade security measures in wake of the Quetta massacre in which at least 53 people had been killed.