Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received a detailed briefing from Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on national conditions and Islamabad’s law and order.
- Sharif directed Naqvi to take effective action on security in the federal capital following the update on current arrangements.
- It was decided that Naqvi will travel to Sri Lanka to deliver a special message from the prime minister to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
- Federal police re-sealed the Red Zone, left only Margalla Road open after checks, and kept Parliament House and D-Chowk closed with prisoner vans and armoured vehicles deployed.
- The moves come after two recent suicide attacks in Islamabad, including a Feb. 6 bombing that killed at least 36 and injured over 150 and a November blast that left 12 dead and more than 30 injured.