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ISLAMABAD,(APP): President District Bar Association
(DBAI) Syed Muhammad Tayyab has stressed upon the need of having
fool proof security of ‘District Courts’ here Thursday at F-8 markaz.
He said 5000-6000 people visit `Kutchery’ to pursue their
cases and around 100 respectable judges sit at various courts. Few
walk-through gates, installed for security purpose, are also out of
order, he said while talking to APP.
The President DBAI said security was not only the issue of
lawyers and judges but hundreds of people who visit the courts daily.
To a question whether some security loopholes were identified
by the lawyers’ community around `Kutcehry’ after Quetta and Mardan
incidents, he said the reservations about security measures had already been conveyed to the Islamabad Capital Territory administration and police.
“These are technical aspects and it is up to them as how to cover them,”
he maintained.
When contacted, Islamabad police said security had been
tightened in sector F-8 and also around the lower courts especially
for lawyers, judges and visiting people.
The police said all available resources were being utilized
for this purpose and a boundary wall had been erected around
Kutchery besides installing walk-through gates at entry points. More
than 150 policemen personnel had also been assigned security duties
there, he added.