ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that if security isnot adequate in a high-security area like Wah Cantt, then it could raise a question mark on the performance of intelligence and security agencies.
An intelligence report expressed fears of a terrorist attack in Wah Canttciting that terrorists could carry out an attack at the POF complex in the Wah Cantt area at a Labour Day ceremonyat the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) complex.
Nisar along with two other federal ministers attended the ceremony today despite the security fears.
Three federal minister — Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Rana Tanveer Hussain, andMuhammad Barjees Tahir — attended a Labour Day ceremony at the POF complex.
Speaking on the occassion, Nisar said that if the lives of labourers at the POF complex in Wah Cantt are not safe, then even he does not care for his own life.
"If even the life of a Wah factory labourer is not safe then may God protect us all," he said." People told me to not here due to security threat. Those who are apreading these rumoursare inane."
The interor minister said that the prestige of Ordinance Factory is only due to its labourers.
Special Package for workers
The Government has announced a special package for workers of Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF).
The announcement was made by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, while addressing POF workers at Wah Catt on Monday evening.
The Minister announced 25 percent increase in basic salaries and two additional promotions. He said these incentives will take effect from today.
He said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif always has a soft heart for labourers, further adding that the government will leave no stone unturned for the welfare of workers and their families.
Two terror suspects killed in police operation
Two suspected terrorists were killed in a search operation conducted by law enforcement agencies in Wah Cantonment earlier on Monday.
A suicide jacket and a large cache of arms were seized from a house in the raid, conducted under the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.
The retaliatory firing from the security forces killed the terror suspects, Sift Allah and Muhammad Abbas, after they opened fire on the police.
Police said they were investigating the suspects' ties with a terrorist outfit.
In a separate operation today, the Motorway Police recovered a huge cache of arms from a car in Kot Pindi Das in Sheikhupura. Two suspects were arrested after the Motorway Police recovered approximately a hundred rifles, Kalashnikov rifles, pistols, and a huge cache of bullets from the car.
Police said the suspects were transporting the arms and ammunition from Islamabad to Lahore via the Motorway.