SSP Thatta Adeel Ahmed Chandio has directed all DSPs and SHOs of the district to ensure security to the foreign nationals working on different development projects in the district.
In this regard, a letter has also been issued by the district police chief on the ways and means to enhance the security of foreign nationals, particularly the Chinese.
The communiqué was sent to the officials concerned in wake of the information provided by intelligence agencies regarding a threat of a suicide attack on the Chinese looking after the wind-power projects in Jhumpir, Thatta.
As per the contents of the letter, the unnecessary movement of the citizens residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the district should be immediately restricted.
Following the alert, locals would not be allowed to enter the residential areas of the officials such as the supervisors and engineers.
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Moreover, police officials have been instructed to keep the CCTV systems updated as part of the security measures.
Credible sources within the SSP office have revealed that the days ahead are going to be particularly crucial concerning the alert issued by law-enforcing agencies.
It is pertinent to mention that Thatta district is located alongside the Indian border and is considered volatile.
In a recent development, China proposed its most expensive Belt and Road Initiative to date, with a $58 billion railway system that would connect Pakistan to western China in a move to further reduce Western trade dependence.
The move seeks to jumpstart the mammoth China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, which has stalled due to internal political infighting and deep institutional inefficiencies in Pakistan.
The CPEC, which began in 2015, already has the ML-1 railway project in Pakistan, which aims to connect the northern part of the country to its southern areas proximate to the Arabian sea.