Overview
- Officials detailed a force exceeding 1,300 personnel, including two SPs, seven DSPs, 29 inspectors/SHOs, 92 upper subordinates and 340 constables.
- Specialist units on duty include seven sections of Elite Force commandos, 22 Rapid Emergency and Security Operations personnel and 400 officers from the Anti-Riots Management Wing.
- Police set up 32 pickets at key points such as Liaquat Bagh, Fawara Chowk, Committee Chowk, Chandni Chowk and both sides of Faizabad with Elite Force patrols underway.
- Access routes to Adiala Jail are secured with additional posts at Chak Beli Mor, Thallian Interchange, Chakri Interchange and Jorian, and units are equipped with rubber bullets and tear gas launchers.
- City Police Officer Khalid Hamdani leads command and control under the supervision of SSP Malik Tariq Mehmood, with extra personnel on standby as PTI and Jamaat-e-Islami supporters signal planned gatherings.