Chairing a meeting here Sunday, he directed DIGs East, West and South Zones of the metropolis to ensure extra-ordinary security cover to the teams, under the direct supervision of concerned SSPs.
He further instructed deployment of police commandos along with polio teams in all sensitive Union Councils/areas in Karachi.
On the occasion a report compiled by AIG-Operations, Ghayasuddin Rashidi was also shared showing presence of an overall 4600 police commandos/personnel drawn from SSU, Rapid Response Force, Sindh Reserve Police, Counter Terrorism Department, Sindh Crime Branch, Anti-Encroachment Cell, Shaheed Benazirabad Elite Police Training School Razaqabad, and Police Training College Saeedabad/RTC Hyderabad, Jam Nawaz and PTC Shahdadpur during the three day NIDs.
The personnel were said to perform security duties along with regular force of the police department in the metropolis.
According to a Sindh Police spokesman, this has been done to provide foolproof security to health workers, doctors and other staff supplementing the polio workers' teams, particularly in UCs declared to be sensitive.
Meanwhile the IGP-Sindh also directed that during this period, there should be effective police patrolling besides snap and random checking at different points with strict vigil at entry and exit points along with intelligence sharing among all concerned agencies.