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RAWALPINDI: Fearing retaliation from militants, the government has placed the country’s 36 airports on red alert.
According to sources, security of major airports, including Benazir Bhutto International Airport and Nur Khan Airbase, had been heightened on Tuesday but extra caution was extended to all the airports.
Though security had been beefed up at airports, passengers were being handled smoothly, a senior security official told Dawn.
He, however, said temporary passes for visitors had been cancelled while people entering airport premises were being subjected to questioning and search.
Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2015
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Aug 27, 2015 11:45am
Keep this vigilance forever. Preventative measures are the way for safety of the people.
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Aug 27, 2015 12:24pm
The only people allowed inside the airports should be passengers with a valid ticket. I never get the whole 'baraat' culture at our airports where the the whole family comes to pick drop their loved ones.
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Aug 27, 2015 12:54pm
From last year citizens of Rawalpindi canot approach airport,even for the payment /purchase of air ticket booked online,......pathetic!
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Aug 27, 2015 02:30pm
Our Jawans have broken the back of these militants but we always have to be ready to destroy them when we see them.
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Aug 27, 2015 04:31pm
Good! Prevention is better.
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