Special Security Division established to secure CPEC

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Notification for CPEC security force issued by interior ministry
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The Interior Ministry has issued a notification for the establishment of a Special Security Division set up for the protection of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Radio Pakistan reported on Sunday.

According to an official of the Planning Division, a deployment order will be issued by the ministry after requisition from the provinces.

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A CPEC parliamentary committee was told in August 2016 that the Special Security Division would comprise 15,000 troops, including 9,000 Pakistan Army soldiers and 6,000 para-military forces personnel.

Read more: 15,000 troops of Special Security Division to protect CPEC projects, Chinese nationals

Defence ministry officials told the committee that the SSD has been assigned the responsibility of protecting Chinese workers and CPEC projects.

The government had earlier allocated Rs1.3 billion for CPEC security in addition to efforts made by the provincial governments, the committee was told.

The cost of raising the SSD was Rs0.5bn according to officials briefing the committee.

 

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Special Security Division established to secure CPEC
By News Desk
Published: January 22, 2017
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A Special Security Division has been established to secure the $55 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

The division, which comprises nine army battalions and six civil wings encompassing 13,700 personnel, has been tasked with securing CPEC projects and protecting Chinese nationals working on the projects.

The Ministry of Interior has also issued a notification in this regard according to Radio Pakistan. The ministry will subsequently issue deployment orders after requisition from provinces, an official of the planning division was quoted as having remarked.

CPEC security division: Retired army personnel to be hired

Earlier it was reported that retired army personnel will be hired to provide security to the mega project. Further, plans for setting up a special police unit to provide security to CPEC projects were also under consideration.

CPEC formally started operations in November last year after hundreds of Chinese trucks laden with goods rolled into the Sost dry port in Gilgit-Baltistan. CPEC includes around 3,000-kilometre long highways, railways and pipelines which will connect China’s Xinjiang province to the rest of the world through Gwadar port.