Murder raises brows over security

ISLAMABAD: After the assassination of Punjab Governor, Salman Taseer in the hands of his own personal security guard, military and security personnel have been overcome with deep apprehensions and concerns regarding maintaining any fool-proof security for the governmental officials. The murder of Salman Taseer on Tuesday afternoon has once again created worries among security and even Army personnel as to how to ensure a secure protocol for governmental officials.

Sources informed that officials are mulling and wondering besides investigating as to how the security guard responsible for assassination of Governor, ever made it to the elite police circles, and also as to how was he appointed over close security of Governor, while ignoring SOP (standard operative procedures). Sources have also informed that before appointing elite guards for VIP personnel, they have to undergo a massive check system, which also included complete scrutiny of their background. After this assassination, the security and Army personnel have decided to review the security procedures anew, for which a formal approval would be taken in a high level meeting to be held soon. -Online

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Co raises urea price by Rs150/50-kg bag Engro told to justify hike

ISLAMABAD: Under the directives of the Federal Minister for Industries and Production Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, the ministry has taken a serious note of increasing unilaterally the urea price by Rs190 per 50-kg bag by Engro Fertilizers Ltd.

“This is indeed alarming”, says a statement issued by the Ministry of Industries and Production here Thursday. The statement said that it has been further ascertained that only one urea manufacturer has introduced this price increase, adding manufacturer has been asked to explain this increase immediately to the Fertilizer Price Review Committee (FPRC). Moreover, the government fully believes that, when sufficient stocks of urea are available in the country then there is no justification, at all, of increasing urea prices by one manufacturer, the statement added. It is pertinent to mention here that, as per commitment made by the manufacturers in the last meetings held in the Ministry, the manufacturers/ dealers were bound to print retail price on the urea bags.

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