The Capital Police have been directed to check and maintain the record of private security companies. This direction was issued after a private security agency has been found having illegal cache of weapons, fake arm licenses as well as some other objectionable issues.
All the SHOs have been asked to carry out survey of all private security agencies located in their respective areas and check their licenses, arm licenses as well as record of their officials and submit reports within a week to Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Tahir Alam Khan.
The sources said that the purpose of the exercise was to determine whether there was any fake private security company operating in the city, or any company having fake arm licenses, or possessing more weapons then its capacity. The decision had also been taken as part of security measures to protect lives and property of the residents of the Federal Capital the sources said.
According to Interior Minister Rehman Malik the terrorist blast at World Food Programme's office in the Federal Capital was happened mainly due to security lapse on behalf of Phoenix security company. The company was responsible for the security of the WFP office located in the sector F-8 Markez. Meanwhile, the SSP (Operations) has directed all the SHOs and SDPOs to hold meetings with the Property Dealers and ask them not rent out houses to any unknown person.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2009

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