ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad Friday said that the federal government would take elaborate steps to improve security in the federal capital and to make city a safer zone in the days to come.  He said that more important steps would be taken during this week to improve law and order in the capital. 
“For the past some time, the incidents of terrorism are on the rise in Islamabad,” he said in a video message while referring to other night’s firing incident in the capital resulting martyrdom of two policemen including head constables Syed Bashir Shah and Muhammad Ishtiaq Ranjha 
The interior minister said the number of police martyrs in capital has reached nine during tenure of PTI government. He paid tributes to those who sacrificed their lives to restore peace in the country. 
He said that elaborate measures would be ensured for the safety of the citizens and more resources would to be provided to Islamabad police for this purpose. 
He further said that 150 mobile eagle squads would be attached with Safe City Project to make Islamabad a “safe zone.” 
These squads will keep a check on the city with the help of the Safe City, he added. He said currently, eagle squads have only four mobile vans while 16 more would be added soon in the upcoming budget. 
He reminded the capital shared its borders with Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the government would improve its security. 
Elaborating the security of country’s borders, Sheikh Rasheed said that border fencing with Afghanistan would be completed in two months. He said that 88 per cent work on the fencing has been completed. 
He said the border fencing with Iran would also be completed by the end of this year as 44 per cent working on this project has been completed. “I am leaving for North and South Waziristan on two-day tour to check border management,” he also said. 
He said the government was trying to ensure Pakistan’s borders were safe and to bring such a system where there should be some electronic exit and entry systems at all borders of the country. 
Later, interior minister reached Wana (South Waziristan) through a special helicopter and visited headquarters of Frontier Corps (South) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Inspector General FC (South) KP Major General Mohammad Umar Bashir welcomed him. The minister also visited memorial of martyrs there. He later addressed the elders at a Jirga in South Waziristan Scouts Headquarters.