Nisar visits F-8 District Courts, seeks early completion of investigation
Interior minister reprimanded Islamabad police chief over poor security arrangements.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan visited District Courts in F-8 area of Islamabad on Monday.
Police officials briefed the interior minister about the incident.
The minister reprimanded Islamabad police chief over poor security arrangements. He also directed the police to complete the investigations at the earliest.
On Monday, at least 11 people, including an additional session judge, were killed and 25 others were wounded in a gun and suicide attack at the district court complex in Islamabad.
According to the report, five to seven attackers wearing shawls entered into the court premises in separate groups.
According to sources, three of them were from Punjab province of Pakistan and Additional Session Judge Rafaqat Awan was their target. Rafaqat Awan had dismissed a plea to register Abdul Rashid Ghazi murder case.
The terrorists fired around 1, 000 bullets in 15 to 20 minutes while 200 security officials were deployed on the site but no one retaliated.
The terrorists also telephoned a man namely Ayub when they were firing bullets and directed him to bring more weapons.
Sources said the intelligence agencies had issued a RED alert three to four days ago. The security of important buildings including Benazir International Airport has been tightened.
There are 12 entry points of Islamabad District Court for pedestrians while three big entry points are for vehicles.
Only two or three policemen are deployed at the security in the court premises at night.
There are around 46 courts in the premises of the district court including offices of additional deputy commissioner revenue, home department, legal branch of police, excise and taxation office and tehsildar courts while NADRA’s Soft Centre is also situated in the locality.
Meanwhile, four-member medical board of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) headed by Dr Nasreen Butt has prepared post-mortem report of blast and firing victims.
According to the report, Rafaqat Awan died of bullet injuries in chest and arms while other victims received bullets in chest, liver and head.
The dead bodies of the victims of terrorist attack were handed over to the heirs while samples of terrorists’ body parts were shifted to PIMs where forensic tests would be conducted. A case of the terrorist incident has been registered in F-8 police station.
