RAWALPINDI: In order to beef up the existing security system at the
airports, the UK Department of Transport is providing Security
Assistance Programme which will include 18 Explosive Detection System
(EDS) equipment to Airport Security Force (ASF) be deployed at major
airports of the country.
To this effect, the handing over
ceremony was held in the Ministry of Defence Thursday in the presence of
Secretary Defence, Lt. General (Retd) Syed Athar Ali and British High
Commissioner to Pakistan, H.E. Adam Thompson.
This assistance programme also includes basic training and one year maintenance program.
Both
the governments have also agreed to continue their cooperation in the
field of aviation security. In order to maintain the relationship on
more sustainable basis, they have agreed to continue meetings more
frequently. Online
