Pak Army to maintain law & order in Islamabad

Islamabad: The Pakistan government will hand over security of the capital Islamabad to the army from the beginning of next month, it was announced on Friday. The army is being called under article 245 of the constitution which authorises the civilian government to deploy the armed forces to maintain law and order in the country.

Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan told the media outside Parliament House that the army will stay in the capital for three months from August 1 to the end of October. He said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had decided on July 4 to deploy army to maintain security at key places in the country.