KARACHI - Security arrangements at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah have been intensified following the possible security threat by an outlawed terrorist organisation.
Heavy contingent of law enforcers including commandos, Rangers and police have been put on high alert inside and outside the mausoleum.
Law enforcers including Rangers and police have also set up their check posts and enhanced the snap-checking around the mausoleum. Barricades have also been placed on the roads around the mausoleum.
Sources said the federal interior ministry had also instructed the authorities concerned to monitor the vehicles with LPG cylinders on the entry routes of the City whether an explosive device was planted in the vehicle or not.
They pointed out that a ban has also been imposed on the entry of all vehicles inside the mausoleum. “There are serious threats of terrorism by a banned outfit,” said the Brigade police station SHO, Ghulam Nabi Afridi. “We are allowing the visitors after proper checking.” He said that the law enforcers would remain put on high alert for the security of the mausoleum until further orders.
It is worth mentioning here that the intelligence agencies have had warned earlier about the possible terrorist attack by the defunct separatist movements of Balochistan. The first warning had been given after the attack on Quaid-e-Azam Residency in Ziarat, Balochistan. The security beefed up last year prior to the Independence Day when outlawed separatists gave a warning to attack the mausoleum.   
RETIRED POLICE OFFICER
AMONG 2 KILLED
Two people including a retired police officer were gunned down in separate incidents of violence.
Separately, some unidentified armed men tried to blow the grave of ANP slain leader on Saturday.
According to the police, unidentified men threw a cracker at Sardar’s grave which exploded with a bang, damaging the grave partially. Police party reached the site after the explosion and called the bomb disposal squad for inspection.
ANP local leader Ameer Sardar was gunned down along with two of his companions in Pirabad area of Orangi Town in 2012 by the militants and the Swat chapter of TTP who had also claimed the responsibility of his murder. Sardar was the Nazim of UC-7, Site Town. Police were investigating the reason behind the attack on his grave while no case has been registered. Police approached his family to register a case but the family refused. SHO Fasihuz Zaman said the same assailants might have been behind the incident.
ANP spokesperson also condemned the incident, calling it a cowardly act by the assailants. “It is beyond understanding why would somebody attack graves,” said the spokesperson seeking protection and security for the party activists and leaders.
Separately, a retired police officer was shot dead inside his residence at Gulshan-e-Ghazi, Baldia Town. Police said the victim was identified as Ghulam Ali, 58, who was present in his residence when unidentified armed men barged into the home and fled after shooting him. Police said the victim was a retired officer from Peshawar Police who settled in Karachi. Police suspected that the murder was occurred due to personal enmity.
Sohrab Goth police have found a bullet-riddled body of a man from the bushes of Ganna Mandi. Police shifted the body to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for autopsy where the victim was identified as Asif Muhammad, resident of Gulzar Hijri locality.