SEHWAN: 11 days since the Sehwan Sharif Blast,
the security situation at the Shrine remains relatively
the same.
No female constable is
deployed but about a 100 male personnel are on duty in and around
the shrine.
A visitor stated that the absence of a female constable was a worrying issue.
ASP Sami also confirmed no female enforcer had been
deployed at
the shrine.
The security measures taken after
the sorrowful incident include
the sealing of seven out o
f the eight doors o
f the shrine and 40 out o
f the 48 CCTV cameras are operational but there is not a view of what’s happening outside
the shrine because of lack of CCTV cameras.
The incident, in which more than 90 people were martyred, highlighted the lack of security o
f the shrine.
Life is slowly returning to its normal bustling self, in and around
the shrine but security is still an issue and even after the incident no ambulance or rescue vehicle is parked nearby even though the nearest healthcare facility is quite some distance away.
Devotees
have started coming back in numbers but question marks still hang over
the security situation and visitors still feel vulnerable to incidents such as the recent one.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has instructed authorities to enforce strict security in and around
the shrine and Director Inspector General (DIG) Establishment also stressed that Data Gunj Bukh’s
shrine’s security plan should be enforced at the Shrine but no plan has been put into action yet.
