IS flag put up on Islamabad's main thoroughfare
24 Sept 2017 10:43 PM IST
ISLAMABAD: Despite an extensive CCTV camera network in place in Islamabad, unidentified men were able to put up an Islamic State (Daesh) flag on a major thoroughfare of the city on Sunday.
The flag, put up on a billboard at a pedestrian bridge on Islamabad Expressway near Iqbal Town, was taken down by police at around 12pm.
A passer-by spotted the flag and informed the Khanna police about it. In his statement, he told the police that he was familiar with the flag as he had seen it on TV.
It was a standard flag of the terrorist organisation, the only addition being that the slogan "Khilafat is coming" was inscribed on it.
Interior Minister Ahsan has taken notice of the incident and sought a report from the capital's police chief.
The police are trying to nab the people who put up the flag with the help of
CCTV footage.
Islamabad has a "Safe City Project" in place that cost the national exchequer $125 million or over Rs13 billion.
Under the project, over 1,900 surveillance cameras have been installed across the city with a command and control centre set up in Sector H-11 to monitor important buildings, entry and exit points, roads, commercial centres and a sizable portion of residential areas.
However, a Safe City Project official told The Express Tribune that it was unlikely that their cameras would have caught the culprits in the act.
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