Lahore: An important meeting of senior officers of Lahore Distric Police was held, on Wednesday at the conference room of Capital City Police Headquarters to review the security arrangements of the on going matches of Seventh series of Pakistan Super League being played in provincial metropolis between different teams. Capital City Police Officer( CCPO) Lahore Additional IG Fayyaz Ahmad Dev presided over the meeting whereas DIG Investigation Shehzada Sultan, DIG Operations Dr Abid Khan, SSP Operations Capt(R) Mustansar Feroze, SSP Security Rashid Hydayat, SSP Administration Atif Nazir, SP Dolphin Squad, all divisional SsP of Operations and Investigation wings attended. The meeting reviewed the security arrangements and also discussed the plan of action for the security of forthcoming tour of Australian Cricket team for the one test match scheduled to be played in provincial metropolis. The meeting also discussed the security arrangements for the expected National Horse & Cattle Show as well as Spring Festival next month. The CCPO Lahore Fayyaz Ahmad Dev expressed his complete satisfaction over the security as well as traffic arrangements and commended the efforts of Lahore police particularly DIG Ops Dr Abid, CTO Muntazir Mehdi and SSP Ops Mustansar Feroze for ensuing foolproof security of the matches and promotion of the national and international sports activities in the provincial capital. DIG Operations Dr Abid Khan and CTO Muntazir Mehdi briefed the CCPO Lahore regarding the security arrangements for PSL and said that foolproof security has been provided to the teams, officials, foreign media and spectators. Fayyaz Ahmad Dev directed the concerned police officers to utilize all possible resources and strictly implement the security SOPs to ensure peaceful conduct of the remaining Playoff, Semi Finals and Final matches. The spectators should be allowed to enter the stadium only after complete identification, search through four layer security mechanism devised by Lahore police. Zero route would be provided to the teams as per routine during their movement from their residence to the stadium and vice versa, he added. Teams of Dolphin Squad, Police Response Unit and Elite Force effective patrolling around important places including routes, stadium and residential areas. The movement of teams and important points has been continuously monitored through CCTV cameras at control room of Punjab Safe Cities Authority. Search, sweep and combing operations have been conducted in the city on regular basis to foil any nefarious designs of anti peace elements. The CCPO Lahore directed the police officers and officials to adopt polite behavior with the citizens during the checking process and traffic control.
