Ban on heavy vehicles not enough to curb terrorism

ISLAMABAD- The so-called strict security measures ‘shrewdly’ adopted in the Federal Capital may possibly lead to  ‘serious security lapse’ more or less disastrous than the Marriott’s tragedy besides resulting in public’s frustration and loss of their precious time.

But ignoring the public sufferings for the time being, the security strategy in itself has the rips, which might, potentially pave way for the culprits to penetrate into what is often trumpeted as the ‘foolproof’ security.

Apparently, the two-pronged security strategies adopted by the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICT) and the Capital Police focuses on lining up the vehicles plying in the city by placing barricades at the roadsides to restrict traffic and banning entry of heavy vehicles, especially the dumpers trucks, into the Capital.

It took this scribe more than ten minutes to reach Faizabad from Shamsabad due to the traffic jams caused by the barricades to check the vehicles.