Nov 26, 2015
LAHORE - Police yesterday issued “important guidelines” for media houses in Lahore, citing serious security threats.
A spokesperson for the Lahore police said the security advisory was issued in the backdrop of a hand-grenade attack on the office of Dunya TV in Faisalabad. Also, some media outlets recently received threatening letters, probably issued by militants.
DIG (Operations) Haider Ashraf has asked the management of media houses to strictly follow some security guidelines, the spokesman said. “In this regard, the Lahore police have issued a circular to the administration of all media houses and the offices of DGPR”.
According to the circular, there must be eight feet high boundary wall with iron bars on its top and there should be emergency exits in the building. Also, the media houses are asked to ensure proper video recordings through CCTV cameras at important places inside the offices.
Nobody should be allowed to enter media offices without body search and scanning with the help of metal detectors. The visitors’ particulars should also be registered on regular basis. As per security advisor, private guards should be deployed with vans carrying media crews for coverage.
(The Nation)
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