Pakistani authorities have raised the level of security alert in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in north-western Pakistan in anticipation of reprisals after the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a military operation near the town of Abbottabad in the Province. The Chief of Operations Department at Peshawar Police Ijaz Khan told Pakistani Geo News Channel that security measures have been strengthened around sensitive areas and public places in anticipation of terrorist acts in response to the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
