Police believes Pak capital faces terror threat

January 31, 2012 13:46

A terrorist group has plans to carry out a rocket attack on the Pakistani capital similar to the one against an elite military academy in the garrison town of Abbottabad, a top police official has said.

Islamabad police chief Bin Yamin Khan said the city was facing the threat of an attack like the one on the Pakistan Military Academy on January 27 but comprehensive security measures had been put in place to counter such an assault.

The terrorist group could carry out the rocket attack from the Margalla Hills that overlook Islamabad, The News daily quoted its sources in security agencies as saying.

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