Terrorist attack threat brings out Islamabad security forces
Sunday, 12 April 2009
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) (AP): Islamabad today wore a deserted look. There wasn't the usual hustle bustle on the streets. The morning rush hour as schools began wasn't there. It is a city that, increasingly, feels like it's under siege.
Additional security forces are patrolling the capital's streets, performing snap checks of any suspicious vehicles. Frontier Constabulary forces are out in force, with RPG's and sniper rifles, guarding their own installations. The police in Islamabad have brought in horses.
A number of schools have decided to remain closed, and most parents decided not to send children to the few that remained open. Samina Khalid, a teacher and a parent, said that she got a call from the school administration where she works telling her not to come to the office. The school, she was told, had decided to remain closed due to security fears.
Additional security forces are patrolling the capital's streets, performing snap checks of any suspicious vehicles. Frontier Constabulary forces are out in force, with RPG's and sniper rifles, guarding their own installations. The police in Islamabad have brought in horses.
A number of schools have decided to remain closed, and most parents decided not to send children to the few that remained open. Samina Khalid, a teacher and a parent, said that she got a call from the school administration where she works telling her not to come to the office. The school, she was told, had decided to remain closed due to security fears.