Punjab govt issues high alert in Multan

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MULTAN: The Punjab government has issued high alert for all public and private colleges following the terrorist attack at Bacha Khan University Peshawar on Wednesday.

Multan caretaker director colleges Mansoor Ahmad Shah told the media that all colleges got security alert to beef up security around the premises on directive of Higher Education department and DPI received through e-mail today’s morning.

Moreover, he said that security checking teams had also started working for foolproof security arrangements around their respective educational institutions.

EDO Ishfaq Gujar said the given instructions were passed on to heads of respective educational institutions. He said the higher officials were monitoring security arrangements by themselves.